diff --git a/parsl/tests/configs/ad_hoc_cluster_htex.py b/parsl/tests/configs/ad_hoc_cluster_htex.py
index d927105662..a609877822 100644
--- a/parsl/tests/configs/ad_hoc_cluster_htex.py
+++ b/parsl/tests/configs/ad_hoc_cluster_htex.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
               'script_dir': 'YOUR_SCRIPT_DIR',
               'remote_hostnames': ['REMOTE_HOST_URL_1', 'REMOTE_HOST_URL_2']
              }
-}  # type: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]
+}
 
 config = Config(
     executors=[
diff --git a/parsl/tests/configs/user_opts.py b/parsl/tests/configs/user_opts.py
index aa58919986..230c95c68b 100644
--- a/parsl/tests/configs/user_opts.py
+++ b/parsl/tests/configs/user_opts.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     #    'script_dir': "/path"  # script directory on remote systems
     # }
     #
-}  # type: Dict[str, Any]
+}
 
 # This block attempts to import local_user_opts.py, which
 # can provide local overrides to the version-controlled