diff --git a/src/crypto/recoverykey.ts b/src/crypto/recoverykey.ts
index 0ffef80b7..b64c2107c 100644
--- a/src/crypto/recoverykey.ts
+++ b/src/crypto/recoverykey.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import * as bs58 from 'bs58';
+import bs58 from 'bs58';
 
 // picked arbitrarily but to try & avoid clashing with any bitcoin ones
 // (which are also base58 encoded, but bitcoin's involve a lot more hashing)
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c651438fb..faab0fed0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import * as request from "request";
+import request from "request";
 
 import * as matrixcs from "./matrix";
 import * as utils from "./utils";
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 4885fb948..777531286 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 import unhomoglyph from "unhomoglyph";
 import promiseRetry from "p-retry";
 
-import type * as NodeCrypto from "crypto";
+import type NodeCrypto from "crypto";
 import { MatrixEvent } from ".";
 import { M_TIMESTAMP } from "./@types/location";