diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/settings/SelfSettingsModal.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/settings/SelfSettingsModal.tsx
index c7ec09aa..138546b9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/settings/SelfSettingsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/settings/SelfSettingsModal.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import {
   normalizeUserOverrideSections,
   UserOverridesSections,
 } from './users';
-import type { PerUserSettings } from './users/types';
 import { UserAccountCardContent, UserEditActions, UserIdentityHeader } from './users/UserCard';
 import { useUserOverridesState } from './users/useUserOverridesState';
 
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ const SelfSettingsModalSession = ({
         normalizeUserOverrideSections(context.visibleUserSettingsSections, 'self'),
       );
       applyUserOverridesContext({
-        settings: (context.user.settings || {}) as PerUserSettings,
+        settings: context.user.settings || {},
         userOverridableKeys: context.userOverridableKeys || [],
       });
       setEditPassword('');
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/hooks/useUsersFetch.ts b/src/frontend/src/hooks/useUsersFetch.ts
index 269c67dd..743fcaf0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/hooks/useUsersFetch.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/hooks/useUsersFetch.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export const useUsersFetch = ({ onShowToast }: UseUsersFetchParams) => {
     if (fullUser.settings) {
       userSettings = {
         ...fullUser.settings,
-      } as PerUserSettings;
+      };
     }
     const userOverridableSettings = new Set<string>();
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export const useUsersFetch = ({ onShowToast }: UseUsersFetchParams) => {
         userSettings = {
           ...userSettings,
           ...deliveryResult.value.userOverrides,
-        } as PerUserSettings;
+        };
       }
       deliveryResult.value.keys.forEach((key) => userOverridableSettings.add(key));
     }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export const useUsersFetch = ({ onShowToast }: UseUsersFetchParams) => {
         userSettings = {
           ...userSettings,
           ...searchResult.value.userOverrides,
-        } as PerUserSettings;
+        };
       }
       searchResult.value.keys.forEach((key) => userOverridableSettings.add(key));
     }
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export const useUsersFetch = ({ onShowToast }: UseUsersFetchParams) => {
         userSettings = {
           ...userSettings,
           ...notificationResult.value.userOverrides,
-        } as PerUserSettings;
+        };
       }
       notificationResult.value.keys.forEach((key) => userOverridableSettings.add(key));
     }