diff --git a/types/hapi/index.d.ts b/types/hapi/index.d.ts
index 26edb16926..d8edc40685 100644
--- a/types/hapi/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/hapi/index.d.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export interface Request extends Podium {
     /**
      * An object where each key is a path parameter name with matching value as described in [Path parameters](https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/blob/master/API.md#path-parameters).
      */
-    readonly params: Util.Dictionary<string> | null;
+    readonly params: Util.Dictionary<string>;
 
     /**
      * An array containing all the path params values in the order they appeared in the path.
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ export interface Request extends Podium {
      * The request payload based on the route payload.output and payload.parse settings.
      * TODO check this typing and add references / links.
      */
-    readonly payload: stream.Readable | Buffer | string | object | null;
+    readonly payload: stream.Readable | Buffer | string | object;
 
     /**
      * Plugin-specific state. Provides a place to store and pass request-level plugin data. The plugins is an object where each key is a plugin name and the value is the state.
diff --git a/types/hapi/test/request/parameters.ts b/types/hapi/test/request/parameters.ts
index 33177d53b4..3f19a02d45 100644
--- a/types/hapi/test/request/parameters.ts
+++ b/types/hapi/test/request/parameters.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const serverRoute1: ServerRoute = {
 // Example 2
 // http://localhost:8000/person/rafael/fijalkowski
 const getPerson: Lifecycle.Method = (request, h) => {
-    const nameParts = request.params ? request.params.name.split('/') : [];
+    const nameParts = request.params.name.split('/');
     return { first: nameParts[0], last: nameParts[1] };
 };
 const serverRoute2: ServerRoute = {