diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/common.py b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/common.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 def _compute_md5(filehandler: UploadedFile) -> bytes:
     h = hashlib.md5()
     for chunk in filehandler:
-        h.update(chunk)  # type: ignore
+        h.update(chunk)
     return h.digest()
 
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2019-2021  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Mapping
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
-from django.test.utils import setup_databases  # type: ignore
+from django.test.utils import setup_databases
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy as reverse
 import psycopg2
 from psycopg2.extensions import ISOLATION_LEVEL_AUTOCOMMIT