diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ca2fa450..85638e9e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PR Title ([#123](link to my pr))
 
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+fix: keep @ts-ignore for headingIcon in library ([#477](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-react-native/pull/477))
 feat: upgrade @turf to v7 and remove geo utils ([#478](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-react-native/pull/478))
 
 ## 10.0.0-alpha.22
diff --git a/javascript/components/HeadingIndicator.tsx b/javascript/components/HeadingIndicator.tsx
index 4e4d84792..068e77137 100644
--- a/javascript/components/HeadingIndicator.tsx
+++ b/javascript/components/HeadingIndicator.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { ReactElement } from "react";
 
 import SymbolLayer from "./SymbolLayer";
+// @ts-ignore
 import headingIcon from "../../assets/heading.png";
 import BaseProps from "../types/BaseProps";
 
diff --git a/javascript/types/png.d.ts b/javascript/types/png.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d779e258a..000000000
--- a/javascript/types/png.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-declare module "*.png" {
-  const content: number;
-  export default content;
-}