diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/setUpQuickActions.ts b/ReactNativeClient/setUpQuickActions.ts
index 175068d63d..c8aed0e192 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/setUpQuickActions.ts
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/setUpQuickActions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { DeviceEventEmitter } from 'react-native';
+// Need to require this class instead of importing it
+// to disable buggy type-checking, maybe because this
+// class is undocumented.
+const { DeviceEventEmitter } = require('react-native');
 import * as QuickActions from 'react-native-quick-actions';
 const { _ } = require('lib/locale.js');
 
diff --git a/Tools/package-lock.json b/Tools/package-lock.json
index 60f6c57bc2..e8d13aaff3 100644
--- a/Tools/package-lock.json
+++ b/Tools/package-lock.json
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
     },
     "wrap-ansi": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-2Pw9KE3QV5T+hJc8rs3Rz4JP3YU=",
       "requires": {
         "string-width": "^1.0.1",
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@
         },
         "strip-ansi": {
           "version": "3.0.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-3.0.1.tgz",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-3.0.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-ajhfuIU9lS1f8F0Oiq+UJ43GPc8=",
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d1fe79120e..cbb706b019 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -131,15 +131,6 @@
         "@types/react": "*"
       }
     },
-    "@types/react-native": {
-      "version": "0.61.15",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react-native/-/react-native-0.61.15.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+lOUYk3yOfpyMy2HcVbR5bZnbExiVahMr3AqWNPh/01N0quH7nBzlou+/rpbvmDXSGwCh3QjWWfEkLNRfvbiiA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "@types/react": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": {
       "version": "2.10.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/-/eslint-plugin-2.10.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe2729d052..9361280952 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "linter": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint --fix --ext .js --ext .jsx --ext .ts --ext .tsx",
     "linter-ci": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint --ext .js --ext .jsx --ext .ts --ext .tsx",
-    "tsc": "tsc",
-    "tsc-watch": "tsc --watch",
+    "tsc": "tsc --project tsconfig.json",
+    "tsc-watch": "tsc --watch --project tsconfig.json",
     "copyLib": "rsync --delete -a ReactNativeClient/lib/ ElectronClient/app/lib/"
   },
   "husky": {
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/react": "^16.9.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^16.9.0",
-    "@types/react-native": "^0.61.15",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.10.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.10.0",
     "eslint": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 675ec4631f..290790b746 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@
 	],
 	"exclude": [
 		"**/node_modules",
+		"CliClient/build/**/*",
+		"ElectronClient/app/lib/**/*",
+		"ElectronClient/app/dist/**/*",
 	],
 }
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