diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/index.tsx
index 158277ff23..ac764bd1a4 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { UnidentifiedFaces } from "@/new/photos/components/PeopleList";
 import { isMLEnabled } from "@/new/photos/services/ml";
 import { EnteFile } from "@/new/photos/types/file";
 import CopyButton from "@ente/shared/components/CodeBlock/CopyButton";
@@ -12,9 +13,8 @@ import TextSnippetOutlined from "@mui/icons-material/TextSnippetOutlined";
 import { Box, DialogProps, Link, Stack, styled } from "@mui/material";
 import { Chip } from "components/Chip";
 import { EnteDrawer } from "components/EnteDrawer";
-import Titlebar from "components/Titlebar";
-import { UnidentifiedFaces } from "components/ml/PeopleList";
 import LinkButton from "components/pages/gallery/LinkButton";
+import Titlebar from "components/Titlebar";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { AppContext } from "pages/_app";
 import { GalleryContext } from "pages/gallery";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/MenuWithPeople.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/MenuWithPeople.tsx
index 6242090dfe..56dbd305fb 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/MenuWithPeople.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/MenuWithPeople.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { PeopleList } from "@/new/photos/components/PeopleList";
 import { isMLEnabled } from "@/new/photos/services/ml";
 import { Row } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import { Box, styled } from "@mui/material";
-import { PeopleList } from "components/ml/PeopleList";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { components } from "react-select";
 import { Suggestion, SuggestionType } from "types/search";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/ml/PeopleList.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx
similarity index 86%
rename from web/apps/photos/src/components/ml/PeopleList.tsx
rename to web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx
index 2a3da9f3b0..964f93a9f6 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/ml/PeopleList.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx
@@ -10,34 +10,30 @@ import { t } from "i18next";
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 export interface PeopleListProps {
-    people: Array<Person>;
-    maxRows?: number;
+    people: Person[];
+    maxRows: number;
     onSelect?: (person: Person, index: number) => void;
 }
 
-export const PeopleList = React.memo((props: PeopleListProps) => {
+export const PeopleList: React.FC<PeopleListProps> = ({
+    people,
+    maxRows,
+    onSelect,
+}) => {
     return (
-        <FaceChipContainer
-            style={
-                props.maxRows && {
-                    maxHeight: props.maxRows * 122 + 28,
-                }
-            }
-        >
-            {props.people.map((person, index) => (
+        <FaceChipContainer style={{ maxHeight: maxRows * 122 + 28 }}>
+            {people.map((person, index) => (
                 <FaceChip
                     key={person.id}
-                    clickable={!!props.onSelect}
-                    onClick={() =>
-                        props.onSelect && props.onSelect(person, index)
-                    }
+                    clickable={!!onSelect}
+                    onClick={() => onSelect && onSelect(person, index)}
                 >
                     <FaceCropImageView faceID={person.displayFaceId} />
                 </FaceChip>
             ))}
         </FaceChipContainer>
     );
-});
+};
 
 const FaceChipContainer = styled("div")`
     display: flex;
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ export const UnidentifiedFaces: React.FC<UnidentifiedFacesProps> = ({
     useEffect(() => {
         let didCancel = false;
 
-        (async () => {
+        const go = async () => {
             const faceIDs = await unidentifiedFaceIDs(enteFile);
             !didCancel && setFaceIDs(faceIDs);
             // Don't block for the regeneration to happen. If anything got
@@ -99,7 +95,9 @@ export const UnidentifiedFaces: React.FC<UnidentifiedFacesProps> = ({
             void regenerateFaceCropsIfNeeded(enteFile).then((r) =>
                 setDidRegen(r),
             );
-        })();
+        };
+
+        void go();
 
         return () => {
             didCancel = true;
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ export const UnidentifiedFaces: React.FC<UnidentifiedFacesProps> = ({
 
     return (
         <>
-            <Typography variant="large" p={1}>
+            <Typography fontSize="large" p={1}>
                 {t("UNIDENTIFIED_FACES")}
             </Typography>
             <FaceChipContainer key={didRegen ? 1 : 0}>
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ const FaceCropImageView: React.FC<FaceCropImageViewProps> = ({ faceID }) => {
     useEffect(() => {
         let didCancel = false;
         if (faceID) {
-            blobCache("face-crops")
+            void blobCache("face-crops")
                 .then((cache) => cache.get(faceID))
                 .then((data) => {
                     if (data) {
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/people.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/people.ts
index 0dac096dc4..97118ea94a 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/people.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/people.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export interface Person {
     id: number;
     name?: string;
     files: number[];
-    displayFaceId?: string;
+    displayFaceId: string;
 }
 
 // TODO-ML(MR): Forced disable clustering. It doesn't currently work,