diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 888dda0f..eff0295f 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": [
       "warn",
       {
+        "varsIgnorePattern": "^_",
         "argsIgnorePattern": "^_"
       }
     ],
diff --git a/src/driver/kwin_mouse_poller.ts b/src/driver/kwin_mouse_poller.ts
index b89eb525..7755ccea 100644
--- a/src/driver/kwin_mouse_poller.ts
+++ b/src/driver/kwin_mouse_poller.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export default class KWinMousePoller {
     this.qml.mousePoller.interval = 0;
 
     this.qml.mousePoller.onNewData.connect((sourceName: string, data: any) => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
       this.cmdResult = data["exit code"] === 0 ? data["stdout"] : null;
       this.qml.mousePoller.disconnectSource(KWinMousePoller.COMMAND);
 
diff --git a/src/extern/global.d.ts b/src/extern/global.d.ts
index a5c5a8ac..d390be79 100644
--- a/src/extern/global.d.ts
+++ b/src/extern/global.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+
 declare namespace Bismuth {
   export namespace Qml {
     export interface Main {
diff --git a/src/extern/plasma.d.ts b/src/extern/plasma.d.ts
index d0e39aad..43e2fb3b 100644
--- a/src/extern/plasma.d.ts
+++ b/src/extern/plasma.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+
 declare namespace Plasma {
   namespace TaskManager {
     /* reference: https://github.com/KDE/plasma-workspace/blob/master/libtaskmanager/activityinfo.h */
diff --git a/src/extern/qt.d.ts b/src/extern/qt.d.ts
index fa95cee2..2b2c0885 100644
--- a/src/extern/qt.d.ts
+++ b/src/extern/qt.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 interface QByteArray {
   /* keep it empty for now */
diff --git a/src/util/timer.ts b/src/util/timer.ts
index af336137..fe9d80e6 100644
--- a/src/util/timer.ts
+++ b/src/util/timer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
+
 /**
  * @module
  * This module basically reimplements standard JS setTimeout function
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ export class TimersPool {
       ]);
     }
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
     const timer: QQmlTimer =
       this.timers.pop() ||
       Qt.createQmlObject("import QtQuick 2.0; Timer {}", this.scriptRoot);