diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts
index 060d82056587..1554c045a327 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/rustdoc.d.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ declare namespace rustdoc {
      */
     type RawSearchIndexCrate = {
     doc: string,
-    a: Object,
+    a: { [key: string]: number[] },
     n: Array<string>,
     t: string,
     D: string,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
index 8954cefa3163..8deeff7f973c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
@@ -2269,16 +2269,14 @@ class DocSearch {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    // @ts-expect-error
+                    /** @type{number[]} */
                     let currentNameAliases;
                     if (currentCrateAliases.has(alias_name)) {
                         currentNameAliases = currentCrateAliases.get(alias_name);
                     } else {
                         currentNameAliases = [];
-                        // @ts-expect-error
                         currentCrateAliases.set(alias_name, currentNameAliases);
                     }
-                    // @ts-expect-error
                     for (const local_alias of aliases[alias_name]) {
                         currentNameAliases.push(local_alias + currentIndex);
                     }