diff --git a/zulip/integrations/jabber/jabber_mirror_backend.py b/zulip/integrations/jabber/jabber_mirror_backend.py
index 1679be7..1ca3830 100755
--- a/zulip/integrations/jabber/jabber_mirror_backend.py
+++ b/zulip/integrations/jabber/jabber_mirror_backend.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ option does not affect login credentials.'''.replace("\n", " "))
                       const=logging.DEBUG,
                       default=logging.INFO)
 
-    jabber_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Jabber configuration")  # type: ignore # https://github.com/python/typeshed/pull/1248
+    jabber_group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Jabber configuration")
     jabber_group.add_option(
         '--jid',
         default=None,
diff --git a/zulip/zulip/__init__.py b/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
index 6081d8e..5e77afb 100644
--- a/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
+++ b/zulip/zulip/__init__.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def generate_option_group(parser, prefix=''):
                     is now deprecated. We recommend migrating to argparse and
                     using zulip.add_default_arguments instead.""")
 
-    group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Zulip API configuration')  # type: ignore # https://github.com/python/typeshed/pull/1248
+    group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Zulip API configuration')
     group.add_option('--%ssite' % (prefix,),
                      dest="zulip_site",
                      help="Zulip server URI",