diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/package.json b/plugins/techdocs/package.json
index ed21ea8713..65ea979607 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/package.json
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
-    "@types/sanitize-html": "^1.23.3",
     "react": "^16.13.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
     "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/sanitizeDOM/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/sanitizeDOM/index.ts
index 863698e16d..153e474e87 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/sanitizeDOM/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/sanitizeDOM/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+// @ts-ignore
 import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html';
 import type { Transformer } from '..';
 import { TECHDOCS_ALLOWED_TAGS } from './tags';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ebfc19ec8a..9f85e53942 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3960,13 +3960,6 @@
     "@types/node" "*"
     rollup "^0.63.4"
 
-"@types/sanitize-html@^1.23.3":
-  version "1.23.3"
-  resolved "https://artifactory.spotify.net/artifactory/api/npm/virtual-npm/@types/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-1.23.3.tgz#26527783aba3bf195ad8a3c3e51bd3713526fc0d"
-  integrity sha1-JlJ3g6ujvxla2KPD5RvTcTUm/A0=
-  dependencies:
-    htmlparser2 "^4.1.0"
-
 "@types/serve-static@*":
   version "1.13.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.13.3.tgz#eb7e1c41c4468272557e897e9171ded5e2ded9d1"