diff --git a/src/useDebounce.ts b/src/useDebounce.ts
index 7db978c274..4b3cd9baee 100644
--- a/src/useDebounce.ts
+++ b/src/useDebounce.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 
 const useDebounce = (fn: () => any, ms: number = 0, args: Array<any> = []) => {
-  const [timeout, setTimeoutVar] = useState<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
+  const [timeout, setTimeoutVar] = useState<any>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // if args change then clear timeout
-    clearTimeout(timeout!);
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
     const t = setTimeout(fn.bind(null, args), ms);
     setTimeoutVar(t);
   }, args);