diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/Sidebar/Sidebar.tsx b/packages/app-desktop/gui/Sidebar/Sidebar.tsx
index 910ebc8bb1..06759f59b3 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/Sidebar/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/Sidebar/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const Menu = bridge().Menu;
 const MenuItem = bridge().MenuItem;
 const { substrWithEllipsis } = require('@joplin/lib/string-utils');
 const { ALL_NOTES_FILTER_ID } = require('@joplin/lib/reserved-ids');
+const { clipboard } = require('electron');
 
 const logger = Logger.create('Sidebar');
 
@@ -331,8 +332,7 @@ class SidebarComponent extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 			menu.append(
 				new MenuItem({
 					label: _('Copy notebook URL'),
-					click: async () => {
-						const { clipboard } = require('electron');
+					click: () => {
 						clipboard.writeText(getFolderUrl(itemId));
 					},
 				})
@@ -346,8 +346,7 @@ class SidebarComponent extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 			menu.append(
 				new MenuItem({
 					label: _('Copy tag URL'),
-					click: async () => {
-						const { clipboard } = require('electron');
+					click: () => {
 						clipboard.writeText(getTagUrl(itemId));
 					},
 				})
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/utils/NoteListUtils.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/utils/NoteListUtils.ts
index 306e9468cb..ec8dd06b5b 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/utils/NoteListUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/utils/NoteListUtils.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const MenuItem = bridge().MenuItem;
 import Note from '@joplin/lib/models/Note';
 import Setting from '@joplin/lib/models/Setting';
 const { substrWithEllipsis } = require('@joplin/lib/string-utils');
+const { clipboard } = require('electron');
 
 interface ContextMenuProps {
 	notes: any[];
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ export default class NoteListUtils {
 				new MenuItem({
 					label: _('Copy Markdown link'),
 					click: async () => {
-						const { clipboard } = require('electron');
 						const links = [];
 						for (let i = 0; i < noteIds.length; i++) {
 							const note = await Note.load(noteIds[i]);
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ export default class NoteListUtils {
 				menu.append(
 					new MenuItem({
 						label: _('Copy note URL'),
-						click: async () => {
-							const { clipboard } = require('electron');
+						click: () => {
 							clipboard.writeText(getNoteUrl(noteIds[0]));
 						},
 					})
diff --git a/packages/lib/ProtocolUtils.ts b/packages/lib/ProtocolUtils.ts
index 415d86baca..2c70a5732e 100644
--- a/packages/lib/ProtocolUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/ProtocolUtils.ts
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ export function getTagUrl(tagId: string) {
 
 export type Command = 'openNote' | 'openFolder' | 'openTag';
 
-export interface UlrInfo {
+export interface CallbackUrlInfo {
     command: Command;
-    params: any;
+    params: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
-export function parseUrl(s: string): UlrInfo {
+export function parseUrl(s: string): CallbackUrlInfo {
 	if (!s.startsWith('joplin://')) return null;
 	const url = new URL(s);
 
-	const params: any = {};
+	const params: Record<string, string> = {};
 	for (const [key, value] of url.searchParams) {
 		params[key] = value;
 	}