diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/fold_dict.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/fold_dict.js
index dfcef4ab78..7be296a120 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/fold_dict.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/fold_dict.js
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ run_test("clear", () => {
 });
 
 run_test("undefined_keys", () => {
-    blueslip.expect("error", "Tried to call a FoldDict method with an undefined key.", 2);
-
     const d = new FoldDict();
 
-    assert.equal(d.has(undefined), false);
-    assert.strictEqual(d.get(undefined), undefined);
+    assert.throws(
+        () => d.has(undefined),
+        TypeError,
+        "Tried to call a FoldDict method with an undefined key.",
+    );
 });
diff --git a/static/js/blueslip_stacktrace.ts b/static/js/blueslip_stacktrace.ts
index e97d353af8..f126abfe76 100644
--- a/static/js/blueslip_stacktrace.ts
+++ b/static/js/blueslip_stacktrace.ts
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ type NumberedLine = {
 };
 
 type CleanStackFrame = {
-    full_path: string;
-    show_path: string;
-    function_name: FunctionName;
-    line_number: number;
-    context: NumberedLine[] | undefined;
+    full_path?: string;
+    show_path?: string;
+    function_name?: FunctionName;
+    line_number?: number;
+    context?: NumberedLine[];
 };
 
-export function clean_path(full_path: string): string {
+export function clean_path(full_path?: string): string | undefined {
     // If the file is local, just show the filename.
     // Otherwise, show the full path starting from node_modules.
+    if (full_path === undefined) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
     const idx = full_path.indexOf("/node_modules/");
     if (idx !== -1) {
         return full_path.slice(idx + "/node_modules/".length);
@@ -55,18 +58,21 @@ const sourceCache: {[source: string]: string | Promise<string>} = {};
 const stack_trace_gps = new StackTraceGPS({sourceCache});
 
 async function get_context(location: StackFrame): Promise<NumberedLine[] | undefined> {
-    const sourceContent = await sourceCache[location.getFileName()];
+    const {fileName, lineNumber} = location;
+    if (fileName === undefined || lineNumber === undefined) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    const sourceContent = await sourceCache[fileName];
     if (sourceContent === undefined) {
         return undefined;
     }
     const lines = sourceContent.split("\n");
-    const line_number = location.getLineNumber();
-    const lo_line_num = Math.max(line_number - 5, 0);
-    const hi_line_num = Math.min(line_number + 4, lines.length);
+    const lo_line_num = Math.max(lineNumber - 5, 0);
+    const hi_line_num = Math.min(lineNumber + 4, lines.length);
     return lines.slice(lo_line_num, hi_line_num).map((line: string, i: number) => ({
         line_number: lo_line_num + i + 1,
         line,
-        focus: lo_line_num + i + 1 === line_number,
+        focus: lo_line_num + i + 1 === lineNumber,
     }));
 }
 
diff --git a/static/js/fold_dict.ts b/static/js/fold_dict.ts
index 9fec7fdb52..d7ce31aae6 100644
--- a/static/js/fold_dict.ts
+++ b/static/js/fold_dict.ts
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ export class FoldDict<V> {
     }
 
     // Handle case-folding of keys and the empty string.
-    private _munge(key: string): string | undefined {
+    private _munge(key: string): string {
         if (key === undefined) {
-            blueslip.error("Tried to call a FoldDict method with an undefined key.");
-            return undefined;
+            throw new TypeError("Tried to call a FoldDict method with an undefined key.");
         }
 
         return key.toString().toLowerCase();
diff --git a/tools/webpack.config.ts b/tools/webpack.config.ts
index 221af40e3c..44d6f42191 100644
--- a/tools/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/tools/webpack.config.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export default (env?: string): webpack.Configuration[] => {
         {path: "jquery/dist/jquery.js", name: ["$", "jQuery"]},
         {path: "handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars.runtime.js", name: "Handlebars"},
     ];
-    config.module.rules.unshift(...getExposeLoaders(exposeOptions));
+    config.module!.rules.unshift(...getExposeLoaders(exposeOptions));
 
     if (!production) {
         // Out JS debugging tools
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 4bbb0c14a0..3f8db10557 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
         /* Strict type-checking */
         "strict": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
         "isolatedModules": true,