diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js b/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js
index ac4c8d043..0a465772f 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js
@@ -284,13 +284,11 @@ StateListenerRegistry.register(
                     }
                 });
         } else {
-            const localParticipantId = getLocalParticipant(store.getState)?.id;
+            const localParticipantId = getLocalParticipant(store.getState).id;
 
-            if (localParticipantId) {
-                // We left the conference, the local participant must be updated.
-                _e2eeUpdated(store, conference, localParticipantId, false);
-                _raiseHandUpdated(store, conference, localParticipantId, false);
-            }
+            // We left the conference, the local participant must be updated.
+            _e2eeUpdated(store, conference, localParticipantId, false);
+            _raiseHandUpdated(store, conference, localParticipantId, false);
         }
     }
 );
diff --git a/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantContextMenu.js b/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantContextMenu.js
index 3801b538a..4981703f1 100644
--- a/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantContextMenu.js
+++ b/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantContextMenu.js
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class MeetingParticipantContextMenu extends Component<Props, State> {
                 onMouseEnter = { onEnter }
                 onMouseLeave = { onLeave }>
                 {
-                    !_participant?.isFakeParticipant && (
+                    !_participant.isFakeParticipant && (
                         <>
                             <ContextMenuItemGroup>
                                 {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class MeetingParticipantContextMenu extends Component<Props, State> {
                 }
 
                 {
-                    _participant?.isFakeParticipant && _localVideoOwner && (
+                    _participant.isFakeParticipant && _localVideoOwner && (
                         <ContextMenuItem onClick = { this._onStopSharedVideo }>
                             <ContextMenuIcon src = { IconShareVideo } />
                             <span>{t('toolbar.stopSharedVideo')}</span>
diff --git a/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantItem.js b/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantItem.js
index 5c3b134e8..bf32226f8 100644
--- a/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantItem.js
+++ b/react/features/participants-pane/components/web/MeetingParticipantItem.js
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function MeetingParticipantItem({
             videoMuteState = { _isVideoMuted ? MEDIA_STATE.MUTED : MEDIA_STATE.UNMUTED }
             youText = { youText }>
             {
-                !_participant?.isFakeParticipant && (
+                !_participant.isFakeParticipant && (
                     <>
                         <ParticipantQuickAction
                             askUnmuteText = { askUnmuteText }
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function MeetingParticipantItem({
                 )
             }
             {
-                _participant?.isFakeParticipant && _localVideoOwner && (
+                _participant.isFakeParticipant && _localVideoOwner && (
                     <ParticipantActionEllipsis
                         aria-label = { participantActionEllipsisLabel }
                         onClick = { onContextMenu } />