diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/file-associations.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/file-associations.ts
index 4a6e1c67c330..02dc0bfbfd3c 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/file-associations.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/file-associations.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function isFileOpenable(path: string): boolean {
  * we manually start a new instance of the application and pass the file path to it (using the
  * Windows-style command).
  */
-export function onFileOpened(event: Event, path: string): string | null {
+export function onFileOpened(event: Event, path: string): string | void {
     logger.log(`Received 'open-file' event for path '${path}'.`)
     if (isFileOpenable(path)) {
         logger.log(`The file '${path}' is openable.`)
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export function onFileOpened(event: Event, path: string): string | null {
         if (!electron.app.isReady() && CLIENT_ARGUMENTS.length === 0) {
             event.preventDefault()
             logger.log(`Opening file '${path}'.`)
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
             return handleOpenFile(path)
         } else {
             // We need to start another copy of the application, as the first one is already running.
@@ -127,11 +128,9 @@ export function onFileOpened(event: Event, path: string): string | null {
             })
             // Prevent parent (this) process from waiting for the child to exit.
             child.unref()
-            return null
         }
     } else {
         logger.log(`The file '${path}' is not openable, ignoring the 'open-file' event.`)
-        return null
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/content-config/src/index.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/content-config/src/index.ts
index 1a68e317199a..c2aed90d433f 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/content-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/content-config/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import * as semver from 'semver'
 
-import * as linkedDist from '../../../../../target/ensogl-pack/linked-dist'
+import * as linkedDist from '../../../../../target/ensogl-pack/linked-dist/index'
 import BUILD_INFO from '../../../build.json' assert { type: 'json' }
 
 // Aliases with the same name as the original.
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts
index 58762fe78f19..3c68a6e47708 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,6 @@
  *
  * This file MUST NOT `export {}` for the modules to be visible to other files. */
 
-declare module '*/build.json' {
-    interface BuildInfo {
-        commit: string
-        version: string
-        engineVersion: string
-        name: string
-    }
-
-    const BUILD_INFO: BuildInfo
-    export default BUILD_INFO
-}
-
-declare module '*/ensogl-pack/linked-dist' {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    export * from '../../../../lib/rust/ensogl/pack/js/src/runner/index'
-}
-
 declare module '*/gui/config.yaml' {
     interface Config {
         windowAppScopeName: string
diff --git a/build/cli/src/lib.rs b/build/cli/src/lib.rs
index c6fc4f497cc7..7ab115122e0f 100644
--- a/build/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/build/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ use ide_ci::programs::git;
 use ide_ci::programs::git::clean;
 use ide_ci::programs::rustc;
 use ide_ci::programs::Cargo;
-use ide_ci::programs::Npm;
-use ide_ci::programs::Npx;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 use tokio::process::Child;
@@ -837,10 +835,6 @@ pub async fn main_internal(config: Option<enso_build::config::Config>) -> Result
                 .await?;
 
             prettier::check(&ctx.repo_root).await?;
-            let js_modules_root = ctx.repo_root.join("app/ide-desktop");
-            Npm.cmd()?.current_dir(&js_modules_root).args(["install"]).run_ok().await?;
-            Npm.cmd()?.current_dir(&js_modules_root).args(["run", "typecheck"]).run_ok().await?;
-            Npx.cmd()?.current_dir(&js_modules_root).args(["eslint", "."]).run_ok().await?;
         }
         Target::Fmt => {
             let prettier = prettier::write(&ctx.repo_root);