diff --git a/kittens/runner.py b/kittens/runner.py
index d69bf9a62..267cfc219 100644
--- a/kittens/runner.py
+++ b/kittens/runner.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def run_kitten(kitten: str, run_name: str = '__main__') -> None:
         for kitten in all_kitten_names():
             print(kitten, file=sys.stderr)
         raise SystemExit('No kitten named {}'.format(original_kitten_name))
-    m = runpy.run_path(path, init_globals={'sys': sys, 'os': os}, run_name='__run_kitten__')
+    m = runpy.run_path(path, init_globals={'sys': sys, 'os': os}, run_name='__run_kitten__')  # type: ignore
     m['main'](sys.argv)
 
 
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/__init__.py b/kitty/fonts/__init__.py
index a1733fc3c..414860ef6 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/__init__.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ class ListedFont(TypedDict):
 class FontFeature(str):
 
     def __new__(cls, name: str, parsed: bytes) -> 'FontFeature':
-        ans: FontFeature = str.__new__(cls, name)  # type: ignore
+        ans: FontFeature = str.__new__(cls, name)
         ans.parsed = parsed  # type: ignore
         return ans
diff --git a/kitty/launch.py b/kitty/launch.py
index ecf287724..2b4d500d8 100644
--- a/kitty/launch.py
+++ b/kitty/launch.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def load_watch_modules(watchers: Sequence[str]) -> Optional[Watchers]:
     ans = Watchers()
     for path in watchers:
         path = resolve_custom_file(path)
-        m = runpy.run_path(path, run_name='__kitty_watcher__')
+        m = runpy.run_path(path, run_name='__kitty_watcher__')  # type: ignore
         w = m.get('on_close')
         if callable(w):
             ans.on_close.append(w)
diff --git a/kitty/marks.py b/kitty/marks.py
index adcc0d1ca..91362d8dc 100644
--- a/kitty/marks.py
+++ b/kitty/marks.py
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ def marker_from_spec(ftype: str, spec: Union[str, Sequence[Tuple[int, str]]], fl
         path = spec
         if not os.path.isabs(path):
             path = os.path.join(config_dir, path)
-        return marker_from_function(runpy.run_path(path, run_name='__marker__')["marker"])
+        return marker_from_function(runpy.run_path(path, run_name='__marker__')["marker"])  # type: ignore
     raise ValueError('Unknown marker type: {}'.format(ftype))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c22d3ab9..9785d5a46 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ def package(args: Options, bundle_type: str) -> None:
     safe_makedirs(launcher_dir)
     build_launcher(args, launcher_dir, bundle_type)
     os.makedirs(os.path.join(libdir, 'logo'))
-    build_terminfo = runpy.run_path('build-terminfo', run_name='import_build')
+    build_terminfo = runpy.run_path('build-terminfo', run_name='import_build')  # type: ignore
     for x in (libdir, os.path.join(ddir, 'share')):
         odir = os.path.join(x, 'terminfo')
         safe_makedirs(odir)