diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.tsx
index 8367b8ee32..419b45b908 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MFileBody.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export let DOWNLOAD_ICON_URL; // cached copy of the download.svg asset for the s
 
 async function cacheDownloadIcon() {
     if (DOWNLOAD_ICON_URL) return; // cached already
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
     const svg = await fetch(require("../../../../res/img/download.svg")).then(r => r.text());
     DOWNLOAD_ICON_URL = "data:image/svg+xml;base64," + window.btoa(svg);
 }
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MImageBody.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/MImageBody.tsx
index bb1ddd6dc6..667f60cb22 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MImageBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MImageBody.tsx
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ export default class MImageBody extends React.Component<IBodyProps, IState> {
     }
 
     private async downloadImage() {
-        const content = this.props.mxEvent.getContent();
         if (this.props.mediaEventHelper.media.isEncrypted && this.state.decryptedUrl === null) {
             try {
                 const thumbnailUrl = await this.props.mediaEventHelper.thumbnailUrl.value;
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceMessageBody.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceMessageBody.tsx
index cfa4d145dc..f184caf448 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceMessageBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceMessageBody.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import MFileBody from "./MFileBody";
 
 @replaceableComponent("views.messages.MVoiceMessageBody")
 export default class MVoiceMessageBody extends MAudioBody {
-
     // A voice message is an audio file but rendered in a special way.
-
     public render() {
         if (this.state.error) {
             // TODO: @@TR: Verify error state
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/PinnedEventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/PinnedEventTile.tsx
index 0e3396e9b0..250efc1278 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/PinnedEventTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/PinnedEventTile.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export default class PinnedEventTile extends React.Component<IProps> {
             <div className="mx_PinnedEventTile_message">
                 <MessageEvent
                     mxEvent={this.props.event}
+                    // @ts-ignore - complaining that className is invalid when it's not
                     className="mx_PinnedEventTile_body"
                     maxImageHeight={150}
                     onHeightChanged={() => {}} // we need to give this, apparently