diff --git a/src/plugins/official-external-plugin-catalog.ts b/src/plugins/official-external-plugin-catalog.ts
index 8d56e25e6f8..7ac6556a62e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/official-external-plugin-catalog.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/official-external-plugin-catalog.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function getOfficialExternalPluginCatalogManifest(
   entry: OfficialExternalPluginCatalogEntry,
 ): OfficialExternalPluginCatalogManifest | undefined {
   const manifest = entry[MANIFEST_KEY];
-  return isRecord(manifest) ? (manifest as OfficialExternalPluginCatalogManifest) : undefined;
+  return isRecord(manifest) ? manifest : undefined;
 }
 
 export function resolveOfficialExternalPluginId(
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function listOfficialExternalPluginCatalogEntries(): OfficialExternalPlug
   const resolved = new Map<string, OfficialExternalPluginCatalogEntry>();
   for (const entry of entries) {
     const pluginId = resolveOfficialExternalPluginId(entry);
-    const key = pluginId ? `${entry.kind ?? "plugin"}:${pluginId}` : `${entry.name ?? ""}`;
+    const key = pluginId ? `${entry.kind ?? "plugin"}:${pluginId}` : (entry.name ?? "");
     if (key && !resolved.has(key)) {
       resolved.set(key, entry);
     }