diff --git a/packages/compose/README.md b/packages/compose/README.md
index d1ed64003eed2..016560af43f14 100644
--- a/packages/compose/README.md
+++ b/packages/compose/README.md
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ This behavior is useful if we want to render a list of items asynchronously for
 
 _Parameters_
 
--   _list_ `Array`: Source array.
+-   _list_ `T[]`: Source array.
 
 _Returns_
 
--   `Array`: Async array.
+-   `T[]`: Async array.
 
 <a name="useConstrainedTabbing" href="#useConstrainedTabbing">#</a> **useConstrainedTabbing**
 
diff --git a/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-async-list/index.js b/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-async-list/index.ts
similarity index 52%
rename from packages/compose/src/hooks/use-async-list/index.js
rename to packages/compose/src/hooks/use-async-list/index.ts
index 3189cd3a00868..527142be2033f 100644
--- a/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-async-list/index.js
+++ b/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-async-list/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { useEffect, useReducer } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { useEffect, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { createQueue } from '@wordpress/priority-queue';
 
 /**
  * Returns the first items from list that are present on state.
  *
- * @param {Array} list  New array.
- * @param {Array} state Current state.
- * @return {Array} First items present iin state.
+ * @param list  New array.
+ * @param state Current state.
+ * @return First items present iin state.
  */
-function getFirstItemsPresentInState( list, state ) {
+function getFirstItemsPresentInState< T >( list: T[], state: T[] ): T[] {
 	const firstItems = [];
 
 	for ( let i = 0; i < list.length; i++ ) {
@@ -26,49 +26,27 @@ function getFirstItemsPresentInState( list, state ) {
 	return firstItems;
 }
 
-/**
- * Reducer keeping track of a list of appended items.
- *
- * @param {Array}  state  Current state
- * @param {Object} action Action
- *
- * @return {Array} update state.
- */
-function listReducer( state, action ) {
-	if ( action.type === 'reset' ) {
-		return action.list;
-	}
-
-	if ( action.type === 'append' ) {
-		return [ ...state, action.item ];
-	}
-
-	return state;
-}
-
 /**
  * React hook returns an array which items get asynchronously appended from a source array.
  * This behavior is useful if we want to render a list of items asynchronously for performance reasons.
  *
- * @param {Array} list Source array.
- * @return {Array} Async array.
+ * @param list Source array.
+ * @return Async array.
  */
-function useAsyncList( list ) {
-	const [ current, dispatch ] = useReducer( listReducer, [] );
+function useAsyncList< T >( list: T[] ): T[] {
+	const [ current, setCurrent ] = useState( [] as T[] );
 
 	useEffect( () => {
 		// On reset, we keep the first items that were previously rendered.
 		const firstItems = getFirstItemsPresentInState( list, current );
-		dispatch( {
-			type: 'reset',
-			list: firstItems,
-		} );
+		setCurrent( firstItems );
+
 		const asyncQueue = createQueue();
-		const append = ( index ) => () => {
+		const append = ( index: number ) => () => {
 			if ( list.length <= index ) {
 				return;
 			}
-			dispatch( { type: 'append', item: list[ index ] } );
+			setCurrent( ( state ) => [ ...state, list[ index ] ] );
 			asyncQueue.add( {}, append( index + 1 ) );
 		};
 		asyncQueue.add( {}, append( firstItems.length ) );
diff --git a/packages/compose/tsconfig.json b/packages/compose/tsconfig.json
index 5409142592473..4b96b6ec4ae09 100644
--- a/packages/compose/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/compose/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 	"extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
 		"rootDir": "src",
-		"declarationDir": "build-types"
+		"declarationDir": "build-types",
 	},
+	"references": [
+		{ "path": "../element" },
+		{ "path": "../priority-queue" },
+	],
 	"include": [
 		"src/higher-order/if-condition/**/*",
 		"src/higher-order/pure/**/*",
 		"src/higher-order/with-instance-id/**/*",
+		"src/hooks/use-async-list/**/*",
 		"src/hooks/use-instance-id/**/*",
 		"src/utils/**/*"
 	]