diff --git a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/check-subforms-unit.rkt b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/check-subforms-unit.rkt
index 088ea6e9..1b954b87 100644
--- a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/check-subforms-unit.rkt
+++ b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/check-subforms-unit.rkt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   expected)
 
 ;; typecheck the expansion of a with-handlers form
-;; syntax -> any
+;; syntax -> void
 (define (check-subforms/ignore form)
   (let loop ([form form])
     (kernel-syntax-case* form #f ()
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
        ;; if this needs to be checked
        (syntax-property form 'typechecker:with-type)
        ;; the form should be already ascribed the relevant type
-       (tc-expr form)]
+       (void (tc-expr form))]
       [(a . b)
        (loop #'a)
        (loop #'b)]
diff --git a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-expr-unit.rkt b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-expr-unit.rkt
index 735814ca..e4a18662 100644
--- a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-expr-unit.rkt
+++ b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-expr-unit.rkt
@@ -286,10 +286,9 @@
          (check-subforms/with-handlers/check form expected)]
         [stx
          #:when (syntax-property form 'typechecker:ignore-some)
-         (let ([ty (check-subforms/ignore form)])
-           (unless ty
-             (int-err "internal error: ignore-some"))
-           (check-below ty expected))]
+         (check-subforms/ignore form)
+         ;; We trust ignore to be only on syntax objects objects that are well typed
+         expected]
         ;; explicit failure
         [(quote-syntax ((~literal typecheck-fail-internal) stx msg:str var))
          (explicit-fail #'stx #'msg #'var)]
@@ -397,10 +396,8 @@
          ty)]
       [stx
        #:when (syntax-property form 'typechecker:ignore-some)
-       (let ([ty (check-subforms/ignore form)])
-         (unless ty
-           (int-err "internal error: ignore-some"))
-         ty)]
+       (check-subforms/ignore form)
+       Univ]
       ;; explicit failure
       [(quote-syntax ((~literal typecheck-fail-internal) stx msg var))
        (explicit-fail #'stx #'msg #'var)]