diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/blob.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/blob.ts
index 015dc7462d..d52772b6a4 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/blob.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/blob.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { basename } from "@/base/file";
+import type { ElectronMLWorker } from "@/base/types/ipc";
 import { FileType } from "@/media/file-type";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { ensure } from "@/utils/ensure";
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ import { renderableImageBlob } from "../../utils/file";
 import { readStream } from "../../utils/native-stream";
 import DownloadManager from "../download";
 import type { UploadItem } from "../upload/types";
-import type { MLWorkerElectron } from "./worker-types";
 
 /**
  * A pair of blobs - the original, and a possibly converted "renderable" one -
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ export const imageBitmapAndData = async (
  * be set to the {@link UploadItem} that was uploaded. This way, we can directly
  * use the on-disk file instead of needing to download the original from remote.
  *
- * @param electron The {@link MLWorkerElectron} instance that allows us to call
- * our Node.js layer for various functionality.
+ * @param electron The {@link ElectronMLWorker} instance that stands as a
+ * witness that we're actually running in our desktop app (and thus can safely
+ * call our Node.js layer for various functionality).
  */
 export const indexableBlobs = async (
     enteFile: EnteFile,
     uploadItem: UploadItem | undefined,
-    electron: MLWorkerElectron,
+    electron: ElectronMLWorker,
 ): Promise<IndexableBlobs> =>
     uploadItem
         ? await indexableUploadItemBlobs(enteFile, uploadItem, electron)
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export const indexableBlobs = async (
 const indexableUploadItemBlobs = async (
     enteFile: EnteFile,
     uploadItem: UploadItem,
-    electron: MLWorkerElectron,
+    electron: ElectronMLWorker,
 ) => {
     const fileType = enteFile.metadata.fileType;
     let originalImageBlob: Blob | undefined;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ const indexableUploadItemBlobs = async (
  */
 const readNonVideoUploadItem = async (
     uploadItem: UploadItem,
-    electron: MLWorkerElectron,
+    electron: ElectronMLWorker,
 ): Promise<File> => {
     if (typeof uploadItem == "string" || Array.isArray(uploadItem)) {
         const { response, lastModifiedMs } = await readStream(
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/utils/native-stream.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/utils/native-stream.ts
index 6f61656597..6aee016c0c 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/utils/native-stream.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/utils/native-stream.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
  * See: [Note: IPC streams].
  */
 
-import type { Electron, ZipItem } from "@/base/types/ipc";
-import type { MLWorkerElectron } from "../services/ml/worker-types";
+import type { Electron, ElectronMLWorker, ZipItem } from "@/base/types/ipc";
 
 /**
  * Stream the given file or zip entry from the user's local file system.
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import type { MLWorkerElectron } from "../services/ml/worker-types";
  *
  * To avoid accidentally invoking it in a non-desktop app context, it requires
  * the {@link Electron} (or a functionally similar) object as a parameter (even
- * though it doesn't use it).
+ * though it doesn't need or use it).
  *
  * @param pathOrZipItem Either the path on the file on the user's local file
  * system whose contents we want to stream. Or a tuple containing the path to a
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ import type { MLWorkerElectron } from "../services/ml/worker-types";
  *   reading, expressed as epoch milliseconds.
  */
 export const readStream = async (
-    _: Electron | MLWorkerElectron,
+    _: Electron | ElectronMLWorker,
     pathOrZipItem: string | ZipItem,
 ): Promise<{ response: Response; size: number; lastModifiedMs: number }> => {
     let url: URL;