diff --git a/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.js b/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.js
index db3100d9f7..c680286060 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.js
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class CommonUtils {
     async send_message(page, type, params) {
         // If a message is outside the view, we do not need
         // to wait for it to be processed later.
-        const {outside_view} = params;
+        const outside_view = params.outside_view;
         delete params.outside_view;
 
         // Compose box content should be empty before sending the message.
diff --git a/static/js/message_events.js b/static/js/message_events.js
index 7583c25dee..8a70f6b89b 100644
--- a/static/js/message_events.js
+++ b/static/js/message_events.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ exports.update_messages = function update_messages(events) {
 
         const new_topic = util.get_edit_event_topic(event);
 
-        const {new_stream_id} = event;
+        const new_stream_id = event.new_stream_id;
 
         // A topic edit may affect multiple messages, listed in
         // event.message_ids. event.message_id is still the first message