diff --git a/src/commands/common.ts b/src/commands/common.ts
index ca45c94..d620ea7 100644
--- a/src/commands/common.ts
+++ b/src/commands/common.ts
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ export interface CommandViewContext extends CommandBaseContext {
 }
 
 export function isCommandViewContextWithBranch(context: CommandContext): context is CommandViewContext & { node: (ExplorerNode & { branch: GitBranch }) } {
-    return context.type === 'view' && (context.node as any).branch && (context.node as any).branch instanceof GitBranch;
+    return context.type === 'view' && (context.node as (ExplorerNode & { branch?: GitBranch })).branch instanceof GitBranch;
 }
 
 export function isCommandViewContextWithCommit<T extends GitCommit>(context: CommandContext): context is CommandViewContext & { node: (ExplorerNode & { commit: T }) } {
-    return context.type === 'view' && (context.node as any).commit && (context.node as any).commit instanceof GitCommit;
+    return context.type === 'view' && (context.node as (ExplorerNode & { commit?: GitCommit })).commit instanceof GitCommit;
 }
 
 export function isCommandViewContextWithRef(context: CommandContext): context is CommandViewContext & { node: (ExplorerNode & { ref: string }) } {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function isCommandViewContextWithRef(context: CommandContext): context is
 }
 
 export function isCommandViewContextWithRemote(context: CommandContext): context is CommandViewContext & { node: (ExplorerNode & { remote: GitRemote }) } {
-    return context.type === 'view' && (context.node as any).remote && (context.node as any).remote instanceof GitRemote;
+    return context.type === 'view' && (context.node as (ExplorerNode & { remote?: GitRemote })).remote instanceof GitRemote;
 }
 
 export type CommandContext = CommandScmGroupsContext | CommandScmStatesContext | CommandUnknownContext | CommandUriContext | CommandViewContext;
diff --git a/src/system/array.ts b/src/system/array.ts
index 7fd00f8..e118ad3 100644
--- a/src/system/array.ts
+++ b/src/system/array.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export namespace Arrays {
                 accumulator.push(mapped);
             }
             return accumulator;
-        }, [] as any);
+        }, [] as TMapped[]);
     }
 
     export async function filterMapAsync<T, TMapped>(source: T[], predicateMapper: (item: T) => Promise<TMapped | null | undefined>): Promise<TMapped[]> {
diff --git a/src/trackers/activeEditorTracker.ts b/src/trackers/activeEditorTracker.ts
index 8f8c1df..3c946db 100644
--- a/src/trackers/activeEditorTracker.ts
+++ b/src/trackers/activeEditorTracker.ts
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ export class ActiveEditorTracker extends Disposable {
 
     async wait(timeout: number = 500): Promise<TextEditor | undefined> {
         const editor = await new Promise<TextEditor>((resolve, reject) => {
-            let timer: any;
+            let timer: NodeJS.Timer | undefined;
 
             this._resolver = (editor: TextEditor | undefined) => {
                 if (timer) {
-                    clearTimeout(timer as any);
-                    timer = 0;
+                    clearTimeout(timer);
+                    timer = undefined;
                     resolve(editor);
                 }
             };
 
             timer = setTimeout(() => {
                 resolve(window.activeTextEditor);
-                timer = 0;
-            }, timeout) as any;
+                timer = undefined;
+            }, timeout);
         });
 
         this._resolver = undefined;
diff --git a/src/views/gitExplorer.ts b/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
index 6d89e31..73e6bc0 100644
--- a/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class GitExplorer extends Disposable implements TreeDataProvider<Explorer
     }
 
     refreshNode(node: ExplorerNode, args?: RefreshNodeCommandArgs) {
-        Logger.log(`GitExplorer[view=${this.view}].refreshNode(${(node as any).id})`);
+        Logger.log(`GitExplorer[view=${this.view}].refreshNode(${(node as { id?: string}).id || ''})`);
 
         if (args !== undefined && node.supportsPaging) {
             node.maxCount = args.maxCount;
diff --git a/src/views/historyExplorer.ts b/src/views/historyExplorer.ts
index 963a495..540a0f2 100644
--- a/src/views/historyExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/views/historyExplorer.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class HistoryExplorer extends Disposable implements TreeDataProvider<Expl
     }
 
     refreshNode(node: ExplorerNode, args?: RefreshNodeCommandArgs) {
-        Logger.log(`HistoryExplorer.refreshNode(${(node as any).id})`);
+        Logger.log(`HistoryExplorer.refreshNode(${(node as { id?: string}).id || ''})`);
 
         if (args !== undefined && node.supportsPaging) {
             node.maxCount = args.maxCount;
diff --git a/src/views/resultsExplorer.ts b/src/views/resultsExplorer.ts
index 068f3cd..291fe48 100644
--- a/src/views/resultsExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/views/resultsExplorer.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class ResultsExplorer extends Disposable implements TreeDataProvider<Expl
     }
 
     refreshNode(node: ExplorerNode, args?: RefreshNodeCommandArgs) {
-        Logger.log(`ResultsExplorer.refreshNode(${(node as any).id})`);
+        Logger.log(`ResultsExplorer.refreshNode(${(node as { id?: string}).id || ''})`);
 
         if (args !== undefined && node.supportsPaging) {
             node.maxCount = args.maxCount;