diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDialog/VDialog.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDialog/VDialog.ts
index 1e4bcb5b3d9..75be3e9873a 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDialog/VDialog.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VDialog/VDialog.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import Toggleable from '../../mixins/toggleable'
 import ClickOutside from '../../directives/click-outside'
 
 // Helpers
-import mixins, { ExtractVue } from '../../util/mixins'
+import mixins from '../../util/mixins'
 import { removed } from '../../util/console'
 import {
   convertToUnit,
@@ -37,15 +37,8 @@ const baseMixins = mixins(
   Toggleable
 )
 
-interface options extends ExtractVue<typeof baseMixins> {
-  $refs: {
-    dialog: HTMLElement
-    content: HTMLElement
-  }
-}
-
 /* @vue/component */
-export default baseMixins.extend<options>().extend({
+export default baseMixins.extend({
   name: 'v-dialog',
 
   directives: { ClickOutside },
@@ -188,9 +181,9 @@ export default baseMixins.extend<options>().extend({
       // Double nextTick to wait for lazy content to be generated
       this.$nextTick(() => {
         this.$nextTick(() => {
-          if (!this.$refs.dialog.contains(document.activeElement)) {
+          if (!this.$refs.dialog?.contains(document.activeElement)) {
             this.previousActiveElement = document.activeElement as HTMLElement
-            this.$refs.dialog.focus()
+            this.$refs.dialog?.focus()
           }
           this.bind()
         })
@@ -232,6 +225,7 @@ export default baseMixins.extend<options>().extend({
 
       if (
         !!target &&
+        this.$refs.dialog &&
         // It isn't the document or the dialog body
         ![document, this.$refs.dialog].includes(target) &&
         // It isn't inside the dialog body
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/dependent/index.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/dependent/index.ts
index 2e9c6d9c488..89f1ca27e9c 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/dependent/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/dependent/index.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import Vue from 'vue'
 import mixins from '../../util/mixins'
 import { VOverlay } from '../../components/VOverlay'
 
-interface options extends Vue {
+interface options {
   $el: HTMLElement
   $refs: {
-    content: HTMLElement
+    content?: HTMLElement
   }
   overlay?: InstanceType<typeof VOverlay>
 }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function searchChildren (children: Vue[]): DependentInstance[] {
 }
 
 /* @vue/component */
-export default mixins<options>().extend({
+export default mixins<Vue & options>().extend({
   name: 'dependent',
 
   data () {
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/detachable/index.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/detachable/index.ts
index 151145488fb..9f64fbce908 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/detachable/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/mixins/detachable/index.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import mixins, { ExtractVue } from '../../util/mixins'
 import { consoleWarn } from '../../util/console'
 
 // Types
-import Vue, { PropOptions } from 'vue'
+import { PropOptions } from 'vue'
 import { VNode } from 'vue/types'
 
-interface options extends Vue {
+interface options {
   $el: HTMLElement
   $refs: {
-    content: HTMLElement
+    content?: HTMLElement
   }
 }