diff --git a/src/types/widgets.ts b/src/types/widgets.ts
index 8282b8dcf..8d234177a 100644
--- a/src/types/widgets.ts
+++ b/src/types/widgets.ts
@@ -122,13 +122,9 @@ export interface IMultilineStringWidget<TElement extends HTMLElement = HTMLTextA
 }
 
 /** A custom widget - accepts any value and has no built-in special handling */
-export interface ICustomWidget<TElement extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> extends
-  IBaseWidget<TElement> {
-
+export interface ICustomWidget extends IBaseWidget {
   type?: "custom"
   value: string | object
-
-  element?: TElement
 }
 
 /**
@@ -143,7 +139,7 @@ export type TWidgetValue = IWidget["value"]
  * The base type for all widgets.  Should not be implemented directly.
  * @see IWidget
  */
-export interface IBaseWidget<TElement extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> {
+export interface IBaseWidget {
   linkedWidgets?: IWidget[]
 
   name: string
@@ -180,9 +176,6 @@ export interface IBaseWidget<TElement extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> {
 
   tooltip?: string
 
-  /** HTML widget element  */
-  element?: TElement
-
   // TODO: Confirm this format
   callback?(
     value: any,