diff --git a/root/static/scripts/common/components/CommonsImage.js b/root/static/scripts/common/components/CommonsImage.js
index 289623eef71..8e258c61ccc 100644
--- a/root/static/scripts/common/components/CommonsImage.js
+++ b/root/static/scripts/common/components/CommonsImage.js
@@ -12,48 +12,57 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import {minimalEntity} from '../../../../utility/hydrate.js';
 import entityHref from '../utility/entityHref.js';
 
-type Props = {
-  +cachedImage: ?CommonsImageT,
-  +entity: NonUrlRelatableEntityT,
-};
-
-type State = {
-  image: ?CommonsImageT,
-};
-
-class CommonsImage extends React.Component<Props, State> {
-  constructor(props: Props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.state = {image: props.cachedImage};
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    if (!this.state.image) {
-      const $ = require('jquery');
-      $.get(entityHref(this.props.entity, '/commons-image'), data => {
-        this.setState({image: data.image});
-      });
+type CommonsImageRequestCallbackT = (CommonsImageT | null) => void;
+
+function loadCommonsImage(
+  entity: NonUrlRelatableEntityT,
+  callback: CommonsImageRequestCallbackT,
+): void {
+  const url = entityHref(entity, '/commons-image');
+
+  fetch(url)
+    .then(resp => resp.json())
+    .then((reqData) => {
+      callback(reqData.image);
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      console.error(error);
+      Sentry.captureException(error);
+    });
+}
+
+component CommonsImage(
+  cachedImage: ?CommonsImageT,
+  entity: NonUrlRelatableEntityT,
+) {
+  const [commonsImage, setCommonsImage] = React.useState(cachedImage);
+
+  const loadCallback: CommonsImageRequestCallbackT =
+    React.useCallback((data) => {
+      setCommonsImage(data);
+    }, [setCommonsImage]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (cachedImage == null) {
+      loadCommonsImage(entity, loadCallback);
     }
-  }
-
-  render(): React.MixedElement | null {
-    const {image} = this.state;
-    return image ? (
-      <div className="picture">
-        <img src={image.thumb_url} />
-        <br />
-        <span className="picture-note">
-          <a href={image.page_url}>
-            {l('Image from Wikimedia Commons')}
-          </a>
-        </span>
-      </div>
-    ) : null;
-  }
+  }, [entity, loadCallback]);
+
+  return commonsImage ? (
+    <div className="picture">
+      <img src={commonsImage.thumb_url} />
+      <br />
+      <span className="picture-note">
+        <a href={commonsImage.page_url}>
+          {l('Image from Wikimedia Commons')}
+        </a>
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  ) : null;
 }
 
-export default (hydrate<Props>(
+export default (hydrate<React.PropsOf<CommonsImage>>(
   'div.commons-image',
   CommonsImage,
   minimalEntity,
-): React.AbstractComponent<Props, void>);
+): component(...React.PropsOf<CommonsImage>));
diff --git a/root/static/scripts/common/components/WikipediaExtract.js b/root/static/scripts/common/components/WikipediaExtract.js
index be741712377..2ec9a912925 100644
--- a/root/static/scripts/common/components/WikipediaExtract.js
+++ b/root/static/scripts/common/components/WikipediaExtract.js
@@ -31,59 +31,67 @@ type MinimalEntityWithWikipediaExtractT = {
   +gid: string,
 };
 
-type Props = {
-  +cachedWikipediaExtract: WikipediaExtractT | null,
-  +entity:
-    | EntityWithWikipediaExtractT
-    | MinimalEntityWithWikipediaExtractT,
-};
+type WikipediaExtractRequestCallbackT = (WikipediaExtractT | null) => void;
 
-type State = {
-  wikipediaExtract: WikipediaExtractT | null,
-};
+function loadWikipediaExtract(
+  entity: EntityWithWikipediaExtractT | MinimalEntityWithWikipediaExtractT,
+  callback: WikipediaExtractRequestCallbackT,
+): void {
+  const url = entityHref(entity, '/wikipedia-extract');
+
+  fetch(url)
+    .then(resp => resp.json())
+    .then((reqData) => {
+      callback(reqData.wikipediaExtract);
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      console.error(error);
+      Sentry.captureException(error);
+    });
+}
+
+component WikipediaExtract(
+  cachedWikipediaExtract: WikipediaExtractT | null,
+  entity: EntityWithWikipediaExtractT | MinimalEntityWithWikipediaExtractT,
+) {
+  const [wikipediaExtract, setWikipediaExtract] =
+    React.useState(cachedWikipediaExtract);
 
-class WikipediaExtract extends React.Component<Props, State> {
-  constructor(props: Props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.state = {wikipediaExtract: props.cachedWikipediaExtract};
-  }
+  const loadCallback: WikipediaExtractRequestCallbackT =
+    React.useCallback((data) => {
+      setWikipediaExtract(data);
+    }, [setWikipediaExtract]);
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    if (!this.state.wikipediaExtract) {
-      const $ = require('jquery');
-      $.get(entityHref(this.props.entity, '/wikipedia-extract'), data => {
-        this.setState(data);
-      });
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (cachedWikipediaExtract == null) {
+      loadWikipediaExtract(entity, loadCallback);
     }
-  }
+  }, [entity, loadCallback]);
 
-  render(): React.MixedElement | null {
-    const {wikipediaExtract} = this.state;
-    return wikipediaExtract ? (
-      <>
-        <h2 className="wikipedia">{l('Wikipedia')}</h2>
-        <Collapsible
-          className="wikipedia-extract"
-          html={wikipediaExtract.content}
-        />
-        <a href={wikipediaExtract.url}>
-          {l('Continue reading at Wikipedia...')}
-        </a>
-        {' '}
-        <small>
-          {exp.l(
-            `Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the
-             {license_link|Creative Commons BY-SA license}`,
-            {license_link: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'},
-          )}
-        </small>
-      </>
-    ) : null;
-  }
+  return wikipediaExtract ? (
+    <>
+      <h2 className="wikipedia">{l('Wikipedia')}</h2>
+      <Collapsible
+        className="wikipedia-extract"
+        html={wikipediaExtract.content}
+      />
+      <a href={wikipediaExtract.url}>
+        {l('Continue reading at Wikipedia...')}
+      </a>
+      {' '}
+      <small>
+        {exp.l(
+          `Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the
+            {license_link|Creative Commons BY-SA license}`,
+          {license_link: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'},
+        )}
+      </small>
+    </>
+  ) : null;
 }
 
-export default (hydrate<Props>(
+export default (hydrate<React.PropsOf<WikipediaExtract>>(
   'div.wikipedia-extract',
   WikipediaExtract,
   minimalEntity,
-): React.AbstractComponent<Props, void>);
+): component(...React.PropsOf<WikipediaExtract>));