diff --git a/src/autocomplete/AutocompleteProvider.tsx b/src/autocomplete/AutocompleteProvider.tsx
index 2cda2593a4..a40ce7144d 100644
--- a/src/autocomplete/AutocompleteProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/autocomplete/AutocompleteProvider.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default class AutocompleteProvider {
             commandRegex = this.forcedCommandRegex || /\S+/g;
         }
 
-        if (commandRegex === null) {
+        if (!commandRegex) {
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.tsx b/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.tsx
index 357c8750f7..1680eb5d54 100644
--- a/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default class UserProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
         const MemberAvatar = sdk.getComponent('views.avatars.MemberAvatar');
 
         // lazy-load user list into matcher
-        if (this.users === null) this._makeUsers();
+        if (!this.users) this._makeUsers();
 
         let completions = [];
         const {command, range} = this.getCurrentCommand(rawQuery, selection, force);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default class UserProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
     }
 
     onUserSpoke(user: RoomMember) {
-        if (this.users === null) return;
+        if (!this.users) return;
         if (!user) return;
         if (user.userId === MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId) return;