diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index df65316..09cba33 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CONTEXT_FILE = CWD / 'context.yaml'
 WORDCOUNT_TEMPLATE = BASE_DIR / 'wordcount.yaml'
 
 
-def build(input_file: pathlib.Path, additional_args=None):
+def build(input_file, additional_args=None):
     build_args = ['pandoc', str(input_file)]
 
     if CONTEXT_FILE.exists():
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ def build(input_file: pathlib.Path, additional_args=None):
     return subprocess.run(build_args, cwd=str(BASE_DIR), check=True)
 
 
-def get_word_count() -> int:
+def get_word_count():
     words = subprocess.check_output([
         'pdftotext', str(OUTPUT_FILE), '-'
     ], cwd=str(BASE_DIR))
     return len(re.findall(r'\w+', words.decode()))
 
 
-def write_wordcount() -> pathlib.Path:
+def write_wordcount():
     _, out_file_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.yaml')
     wordcount = get_word_count()
     with open(out_file_path, 'w') as out_file: