diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
index c601ed928..de7926feb 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const minifyAccount = account => {
 };
 
 const fixAccount = (state, account) => {
-  const normalized = minifyAccount(normalizeAccount(fromJS(account)));
+  const normalized = minifyAccount(normalizeAccount(account));
   return state.set(account.id, normalized);
 };
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const removePermission = (state, accountIds, permissionGroup) => {
   });
 };
 
-const buildAccount = adminUser => normalizeAccount(fromJS({
+const buildAccount = adminUser => normalizeAccount({
   id: adminUser.get('id'),
   username: adminUser.get('nickname').split('@')[0],
   acct: adminUser.get('nickname'),
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const buildAccount = adminUser => normalizeAccount(fromJS({
     },
   },
   should_refetch: true,
-}));
+});
 
 const mergeAdminUser = (account, adminUser) => {
   return account.withMutations(account => {
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/polls.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/polls.js
index f1a06fdc1..f9f220edc 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/polls.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/polls.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
+import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
 
 import { POLLS_IMPORT } from 'soapbox/actions/importer';
 import { normalizeStatus } from 'soapbox/normalizers/status';
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { normalizeStatus } from 'soapbox/normalizers/status';
 // HOTFIX: Convert the poll into a fake status to normalize it...
 // TODO: get rid of POLLS_IMPORT and use STATUS_IMPORT here.
 const normalizePoll = poll => {
-  const status = fromJS({ poll });
+  const status = { poll };
   return normalizeStatus(status).poll;
 };