diff --git a/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterExporter.ts b/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterExporter.ts
index 15f57d35afce..40cbab30b5c9 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterExporter.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterExporter.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ export class JupyterExporter implements INotebookExporter {
                 version: pythonNumber
             },
             orig_nbformat: 2,
-            kernelspec: kernelSpec
+            // tslint:disable-next-line: no-any
+            kernelspec: kernelSpec as any
         };
 
         // Create an object for matching cell definitions
diff --git a/src/client/datascience/notebookStorage/baseModel.ts b/src/client/datascience/notebookStorage/baseModel.ts
index 1a37e52956b8..2bee5bfa9bf7 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/notebookStorage/baseModel.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/notebookStorage/baseModel.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ export abstract class BaseNotebookModel implements INotebookModel {
                   ...this.notebookJson.metadata,
                   id: this.kernelId
               }
-            : this.notebookJson.metadata;
+            : // Fix nyc compiler problem
+              // tslint:disable-next-line: no-any
+              (this.notebookJson.metadata as any);
     }
     public get isTrusted() {
         return this._isTrusted;