diff --git a/res/css/views/messages/_ReactionsRow.scss b/res/css/views/messages/_ReactionsRow.scss
index f1c19f45a9..244439bf74 100644
--- a/res/css/views/messages/_ReactionsRow.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/messages/_ReactionsRow.scss
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     vertical-align: middle;
 
     &:link, &:visited {
-        color: $tertiary-fg-color
+        color: $tertiary-fg-color;
     }
 
     &:hover {
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRow.js b/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRow.tsx
similarity index 82%
rename from src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRow.js
rename to src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRow.tsx
index a7997c0e32..e1fcbe5364 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRow.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRow.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+Copyright 2019, 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,29 +14,30 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
+import React from "react";
 import classNames from "classnames";
+import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
+import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import { Relations } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/relations";
 
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import { isContentActionable } from '../../../utils/EventUtils';
-import {MatrixClientPeg} from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
-import {replaceableComponent} from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
-import {ContextMenuTooltipButton} from "../../../accessibility/context_menu/ContextMenuTooltipButton";
-import {aboveLeftOf, ContextMenu, useContextMenu} from "../../structures/ContextMenu";
+import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import { ContextMenuTooltipButton } from "../../../accessibility/context_menu/ContextMenuTooltipButton";
+import { aboveLeftOf, ContextMenu, useContextMenu } from "../../structures/ContextMenu";
+import ReactionPicker from "../emojipicker/ReactionPicker";
+import ReactionsRowButton from "./ReactionsRowButton";
+import MatrixClientContext from "../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 
 // The maximum number of reactions to initially show on a message.
 const MAX_ITEMS_WHEN_LIMITED = 8;
 
-const ReactButton = ({ mxEvent, reactions }) => {
+const ReactButton = ({ mxEvent, reactions }: IProps) => {
     const [menuDisplayed, button, openMenu, closeMenu] = useContextMenu();
 
     let contextMenu;
     if (menuDisplayed) {
         const buttonRect = button.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-        const ReactionPicker = sdk.getComponent('emojipicker.ReactionPicker');
         contextMenu = <ContextMenu {...aboveLeftOf(buttonRect)} onFinished={closeMenu} managed={false}>
             <ReactionPicker mxEvent={mxEvent} reactions={reactions} onFinished={closeMenu} />
         </ContextMenu>;
@@ -57,17 +58,24 @@ const ReactButton = ({ mxEvent, reactions }) => {
     </React.Fragment>;
 };
 
-@replaceableComponent("views.messages.ReactionsRow")
-export default class ReactionsRow extends React.PureComponent {
-    static propTypes = {
-        // The event we're displaying reactions for
-        mxEvent: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-        // The Relations model from the JS SDK for reactions to `mxEvent`
-        reactions: PropTypes.object,
-    }
+interface IProps {
+    // The event we're displaying reactions for
+    mxEvent: MatrixEvent;
+    // The Relations model from the JS SDK for reactions to `mxEvent`
+    reactions?: Relations;
+}
 
-    constructor(props) {
-        super(props);
+interface IState {
+    myReactions: MatrixEvent[];
+    showAll: boolean;
+}
+
+@replaceableComponent("views.messages.ReactionsRow")
+export default class ReactionsRow extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
+    static contextType = MatrixClientContext;
+
+    constructor(props, context) {
+        super(props, context);
 
         if (props.reactions) {
             props.reactions.on("Relations.add", this.onReactionsChange);
@@ -123,7 +131,7 @@ export default class ReactionsRow extends React.PureComponent {
         if (!reactions) {
             return null;
         }
-        const userId = MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId();
+        const userId = this.context.getUserId();
         const myReactions = reactions.getAnnotationsBySender()[userId];
         if (!myReactions) {
             return null;
@@ -145,7 +153,6 @@ export default class ReactionsRow extends React.PureComponent {
             return null;
         }
 
-        const ReactionsRowButton = sdk.getComponent('messages.ReactionsRowButton');
         let items = reactions.getSortedAnnotationsByKey().map(([content, events]) => {
             const count = events.size;
             if (!count) {
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ export default class ReactionsRow extends React.PureComponent {
             </a>;
         }
 
-        const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        const cli = this.context;
 
         let addReactionButton;
         if (cli.getRoom(mxEvent.getRoomId()).currentState.maySendEvent(EventType.Reaction, cli.getUserId())) {
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButton.js b/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButton.tsx
similarity index 73%
rename from src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButton.js
rename to src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButton.tsx
index b37a949e57..393c6bca88 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButton.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButton.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+Copyright 2019, 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,49 +14,54 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import classNames from 'classnames';
+import React from "react";
+import classNames from "classnames";
+import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 
-import {MatrixClientPeg} from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import { formatCommaSeparatedList } from '../../../utils/FormattingUtils';
 import dis from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
-import {replaceableComponent} from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import ReactionsRowButtonTooltip from "./ReactionsRowButtonTooltip";
+import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
+import MatrixClientContext from "../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
+
+interface IProps {
+    // The event we're displaying reactions for
+    mxEvent: MatrixEvent;
+    // The reaction content / key / emoji
+    content: string;
+    // The count of votes for this key
+    count: number;
+    // A Set of Martix reaction events for this key
+    reactionEvents: Set<MatrixEvent>;
+    // A possible Matrix event if the current user has voted for this type
+    myReactionEvent?: MatrixEvent;
+}
+
+interface IState {
+    tooltipRendered: boolean;
+    tooltipVisible: boolean;
+}
 
 @replaceableComponent("views.messages.ReactionsRowButton")
-export default class ReactionsRowButton extends React.PureComponent {
-    static propTypes = {
-        // The event we're displaying reactions for
-        mxEvent: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-        // The reaction content / key / emoji
-        content: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-        // The count of votes for this key
-        count: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
-        // A Set of Martix reaction events for this key
-        reactionEvents: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-        // A possible Matrix event if the current user has voted for this type
-        myReactionEvent: PropTypes.object,
-    }
+export default class ReactionsRowButton extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
+    static contextType = MatrixClientContext;
 
-    constructor(props) {
-        super(props);
+    state = {
+        tooltipRendered: false,
+        tooltipVisible: false,
+    };
 
-        this.state = {
-            tooltipVisible: false,
-        };
-    }
-
-    onClick = (ev) => {
+    onClick = () => {
         const { mxEvent, myReactionEvent, content } = this.props;
         if (myReactionEvent) {
-            MatrixClientPeg.get().redactEvent(
+            this.context.redactEvent(
                 mxEvent.getRoomId(),
                 myReactionEvent.getId(),
             );
         } else {
-            MatrixClientPeg.get().sendEvent(mxEvent.getRoomId(), "m.reaction", {
+            this.context.sendEvent(mxEvent.getRoomId(), "m.reaction", {
                 "m.relates_to": {
                     "rel_type": "m.annotation",
                     "event_id": mxEvent.getId(),
@@ -83,8 +88,6 @@ export default class ReactionsRowButton extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     render() {
-        const ReactionsRowButtonTooltip =
-            sdk.getComponent('messages.ReactionsRowButtonTooltip');
         const { mxEvent, content, count, reactionEvents, myReactionEvent } = this.props;
 
         const classes = classNames({
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ export default class ReactionsRowButton extends React.PureComponent {
             />;
         }
 
-        const room = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(mxEvent.getRoomId());
+        const room = this.context.getRoom(mxEvent.getRoomId());
         let label;
         if (room) {
             const senders = [];
@@ -130,7 +133,6 @@ export default class ReactionsRowButton extends React.PureComponent {
             );
         }
         const isPeeking = room.getMyMembership() !== "join";
-        const AccessibleButton = sdk.getComponent('elements.AccessibleButton');
         return <AccessibleButton
             className={classes}
             aria-label={label}
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButtonTooltip.js b/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButtonTooltip.tsx
similarity index 74%
rename from src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButtonTooltip.js
rename to src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButtonTooltip.tsx
index 5ecdfe311d..d9e8a45b28 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButtonTooltip.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/ReactionsRowButtonTooltip.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+Copyright 2019, 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,33 +14,34 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import React from "react";
+import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 
-import {MatrixClientPeg} from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { unicodeToShortcode } from '../../../HtmlUtils';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import { formatCommaSeparatedList } from '../../../utils/FormattingUtils';
-import {replaceableComponent} from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import Tooltip from "../elements/Tooltip";
+import MatrixClientContext from "../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
+
+interface IProps {
+    // The event we're displaying reactions for
+    mxEvent: MatrixEvent;
+    // The reaction content / key / emoji
+    content: string;
+    // A Set of Martix reaction events for this key
+    reactionEvents: Set<MatrixEvent>;
+    visible: boolean;
+}
 
 @replaceableComponent("views.messages.ReactionsRowButtonTooltip")
-export default class ReactionsRowButtonTooltip extends React.PureComponent {
-    static propTypes = {
-        // The event we're displaying reactions for
-        mxEvent: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-        // The reaction content / key / emoji
-        content: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-        // A Set of Martix reaction events for this key
-        reactionEvents: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-        visible: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
-    }
+export default class ReactionsRowButtonTooltip extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
+    static contextType = MatrixClientContext;
 
     render() {
-        const Tooltip = sdk.getComponent('elements.Tooltip');
         const { content, reactionEvents, mxEvent, visible } = this.props;
 
-        const room = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(mxEvent.getRoomId());
+        const room = this.context.getRoom(mxEvent.getRoomId());
         let tooltipLabel;
         if (room) {
             const senders = [];