diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 083b9d650d0c..20ecc74387d9 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ src/client/interpreter/virtualEnvs/condaInheritEnvPrompt.ts
 src/client/interpreter/activation/service.ts
 src/client/interpreter/display/index.ts
 
-src/client/api.ts
 src/client/extension.ts
 src/client/sourceMapSupport.ts
 src/client/startupTelemetry.ts
diff --git a/src/client/api.ts b/src/client/api.ts
index 78663feab712..787b4d8ba32c 100644
--- a/src/client/api.ts
+++ b/src/client/api.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
@@ -13,10 +14,11 @@ import { getDebugpyLauncherArgs, getDebugpyPackagePath } from './debugger/extens
 import { IInterpreterService } from './interpreter/contracts';
 import { IServiceContainer, IServiceManager } from './ioc/types';
 import { JupyterExtensionIntegration } from './jupyter/jupyterIntegration';
+import { IDataViewerDataProvider, IJupyterUriProvider } from './jupyter/types';
 import { traceError } from './logging';
 
 export function buildApi(
-    ready: Promise<any>,
+    ready: Promise<void>,
     serviceManager: IServiceManager,
     serviceContainer: IServiceContainer,
 ): IExtensionApi {
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ export function buildApi(
             async getRemoteLauncherCommand(
                 host: string,
                 port: number,
-                waitUntilDebuggerAttaches: boolean = true,
+                waitUntilDebuggerAttaches = true,
             ): Promise<string[]> {
                 return getDebugpyLauncherArgs({
                     host,
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ export function buildApi(
         settings: {
             onDidChangeExecutionDetails: interpreterService.onDidChangeInterpreterConfiguration,
             getExecutionDetails(resource?: Resource) {
-                const pythonPath = configurationService.getSettings(resource).pythonPath;
+                const { pythonPath } = configurationService.getSettings(resource);
                 // If pythonPath equals an empty string, no interpreter is set.
                 return { execCommand: pythonPath === '' ? undefined : [pythonPath] };
             },
@@ -72,10 +74,10 @@ export function buildApi(
         datascience: {
             registerRemoteServerProvider: jupyterIntegration
                 ? jupyterIntegration.registerRemoteServerProvider.bind(jupyterIntegration)
-                : (noop as any),
+                : ((noop as unknown) as (serverProvider: IJupyterUriProvider) => void),
             showDataViewer: jupyterIntegration
                 ? jupyterIntegration.showDataViewer.bind(jupyterIntegration)
-                : (noop as any),
+                : ((noop as unknown) as (dataProvider: IDataViewerDataProvider, title: string) => Promise<void>),
         },
         pylance: {
             getPythonPathVar: async (resource?: Uri) => {