diff --git a/pytket/extensions/pyquil/backends/forest.py b/pytket/extensions/pyquil/backends/forest.py
index 9f1f17f..884f87c 100644
--- a/pytket/extensions/pyquil/backends/forest.py
+++ b/pytket/extensions/pyquil/backends/forest.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def get_operator_expectation_value(
         """
         prog = tk_to_pyquil(state_circuit)
         pauli_sum = PauliSum(
-            [self._gen_PauliTerm(term, coeff) for term, coeff in operator._dict.items()]
+            [self._gen_PauliTerm(term, coeff) for term, coeff in operator._dict.items()]  # type: ignore
         )
         return complex(self._sim.expectation(prog, pauli_sum))
 
diff --git a/pytket/extensions/pyquil/pyquil_convert.py b/pytket/extensions/pyquil/pyquil_convert.py
index cea0f15..f1b8ecc 100644
--- a/pytket/extensions/pyquil/pyquil_convert.py
+++ b/pytket/extensions/pyquil/pyquil_convert.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def pyquil_to_tk(prog: Program) -> Circuit:
                 ) from error
             qubits = [qmap[q.index] for q in i.qubits]
             params: list[Union[Expr, float]] = [param_from_pyquil(p) for p in i.params]  # type: ignore
-            tkc.add_gate(optype, params, qubits)  # type: ignore
+            tkc.add_gate(optype, params, qubits)
         elif isinstance(i, Measurement):
             qubit = qmap[i.qubit.index]
             reg = cregmap[i.classical_reg.name]  # type: ignore