diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
index 84bebc134..62bffa762 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 'use strict';
 
-const React = require('react');
+import React from 'react';
 
-const MatrixClientPeg = require('matrix-react-sdk/lib/MatrixClientPeg');
-const dis = require('matrix-react-sdk/lib/dispatcher');
-const sdk = require('matrix-react-sdk');
+import MatrixClientPeg from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/MatrixClientPeg';
+import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/dispatcher';
+import sdk from 'matrix-react-sdk';
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/languageHandler';
-const Modal = require('matrix-react-sdk/lib/Modal');
-const Resend = require("matrix-react-sdk/lib/Resend");
+import Modal from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/Modal';
+import Resend from "matrix-react-sdk/lib/Resend";
 import SettingsStore from "matrix-react-sdk/lib/settings/SettingsStore";
 import {makeEventPermalink} from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/matrix-to';
 
@@ -108,15 +108,14 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             onFinished: (proceed) => {
                 if (!proceed) return;
 
-                MatrixClientPeg.get().redactEvent(
-                    this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), this.props.mxEvent.getId()
-                ).catch(function(e) {
+                const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+                cli.redactEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), this.props.mxEvent.getId()).catch(function(e) {
                     const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
                     // display error message stating you couldn't delete this.
                     const code = e.errcode || e.statusCode;
                     Modal.createTrackedDialog('You cannot delete this message', '', ErrorDialog, {
                         title: _t('Error'),
-                        description: _t('You cannot delete this message. (%(code)s)', {code: code})
+                        description: _t('You cannot delete this message. (%(code)s)', {code}),
                     });
                 }).done();
             },
@@ -139,12 +138,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     onPinClick: function() {
         MatrixClientPeg.get().getStateEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), 'm.room.pinned_events', '')
-            .catch(e => {
+            .catch((e) => {
                 // Intercept the Event Not Found error and fall through the promise chain with no event.
                 if (e.errcode === "M_NOT_FOUND") return null;
                 throw e;
             })
-            .then(event => {
+            .then((event) => {
                 const eventIds = (event ? event.pinned : []) || [];
                 if (!eventIds.includes(this.props.mxEvent.getId())) {
                     // Not pinned - add
@@ -154,7 +153,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                     eventIds.splice(eventIds.indexOf(this.props.mxEvent.getId()), 1);
                 }
 
-                MatrixClientPeg.get().sendStateEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), 'm.room.pinned_events', {pinned: eventIds}, '');
+                const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+                cli.sendStateEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), 'm.room.pinned_events', {pinned: eventIds}, '');
             });
         this.closeMenu();
     },
@@ -193,10 +193,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         let cancelButton;
         let forwardButton;
         let pinButton;
-        let viewSourceButton;
         let viewClearSourceButton;
         let unhidePreviewButton;
-        let permalinkButton;
         let externalURLButton;
         let quoteButton;
         let replyButton;
@@ -237,14 +235,14 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 if (this.state.canPin) {
                     pinButton = (
                         <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onPinClick}>
-                            {this._isPinned() ? _t('Unpin Message') : _t('Pin Message')}
+                            { this._isPinned() ? _t('Unpin Message') : _t('Pin Message') }
                         </div>
                     );
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        viewSourceButton = (
+        const viewSourceButton = (
             <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onViewSourceClick}>
                 { _t('View Source') }
             </div>
@@ -269,7 +267,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
 
         // XXX: if we use room ID, we should also include a server where the event can be found (other than in the domain of the event ID)
-        permalinkButton = (
+        const permalinkButton = (
             <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field">
                 <a href={makeEventPermalink(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), this.props.mxEvent.getId())}
                   target="_blank" rel="noopener" onClick={this.closeMenu}>{ _t('Permalink') }</a>
@@ -293,30 +291,30 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
 
         // Bridges can provide a 'external_url' to link back to the source.
-        if( typeof(this.props.mxEvent.event.content.external_url) === "string") {
-          externalURLButton = (
-              <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field">
-                  <a href={ this.props.mxEvent.event.content.external_url }
-                    rel="noopener" target="_blank" onClick={ this.closeMenu }>{ _t('Source URL') }</a>
-              </div>
-          );
+        if (typeof(this.props.mxEvent.event.content.external_url) === "string") {
+            externalURLButton = (
+                <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field">
+                    <a href={this.props.mxEvent.event.content.external_url}
+                       rel="noopener" target="_blank" onClick={this.closeMenu}>{ _t('Source URL') }</a>
+                </div>
+            );
         }
 
 
         return (
             <div>
-                {resendButton}
-                {redactButton}
-                {cancelButton}
-                {forwardButton}
-                {pinButton}
-                {viewSourceButton}
-                {viewClearSourceButton}
-                {unhidePreviewButton}
-                {permalinkButton}
-                {quoteButton}
-                {replyButton}
-                {externalURLButton}
+                { resendButton }
+                { redactButton }
+                { cancelButton }
+                { forwardButton }
+                { pinButton }
+                { viewSourceButton }
+                { viewClearSourceButton }
+                { unhidePreviewButton }
+                { permalinkButton }
+                { quoteButton }
+                { replyButton }
+                { externalURLButton }
             </div>
         );
     },