diff --git a/templates/React.xml b/templates/React.xml
index 25503f9..b099297 100644
--- a/templates/React.xml
+++ b/templates/React.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   </template>
   <template name="pta" value="PropTypes.array," description="Array prop type" toReformat="true" toShortenFQNames="true">
     <context>
+      <option name="JS_EXPRESSION" value="false" />
       <option name="JS_STATEMENT" value="true" />
     </context>
   </template>
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@
   </template>
   <template name="ptsh" value="PropTypes.shape({&#10; $END$&#10;})," description="An object taking on a particular shape" toReformat="true" toShortenFQNames="true">
     <context>
+      <option name="JS_EXPRESSION" value="false" />
       <option name="TS_EXPRESSION" value="true" />
     </context>
   </template>