diff --git a/packages/interactivity/src/utils.ts b/packages/interactivity/src/utils.ts
index e9162f0dd7cd79..8b6da05b938447 100644
--- a/packages/interactivity/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/interactivity/src/utils.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const afterNextFrame = ( callback: () => void ) => {
  */
 function createFlusher( compute: () => unknown, notify: () => void ): Flusher {
 	let flush: () => void;
-	const dispose = effect( function () {
+	const dispose = effect( function ( this: any ) {
 		flush = this.c.bind( this );
 		this.x = compute;
 		this.c = notify;
diff --git a/packages/interactivity/tsconfig.json b/packages/interactivity/tsconfig.json
index ef79d9873e1989..d991e2e56a9084 100644
--- a/packages/interactivity/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/interactivity/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 		"strictNullChecks": false,
 		"strictPropertyInitialization": false,
 
-		"noImplicitThis": false,
 		"noImplicitAny": false
 	},
 	"include": [ "src/**/*" ]