diff --git a/distutils/cmd.py b/distutils/cmd.py
index 241621bd..9152dcbc 100644
--- a/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def make_archive(
         owner: str | None = None,
         group: str | None = None,
     ) -> str:
-        return archive_util.make_archive(
+        return archive_util.make_archive(  # type: ignore[misc] # Mypy bailed out
             base_name,
             format,
             root_dir,
diff --git a/distutils/dist.py b/distutils/dist.py
index b9552a8b..ea4e24c8 100644
--- a/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/distutils/dist.py
@@ -576,11 +576,10 @@ def _parse_command_opts(self, parser, args):  # noqa: C901
             hasattr(cmd_class, 'user_options')
             and isinstance(cmd_class.user_options, list)
         ):
-            msg = (
-                "command class %s must provide "
+            raise DistutilsClassError(
+                f"command class {cmd_class} must provide "
                 "'user_options' attribute (a list of tuples)"
             )
-            raise DistutilsClassError(msg % cmd_class)
 
         # If the command class has a list of negative alias options,
         # merge it in with the global negative aliases.
diff --git a/distutils/sysconfig.py b/distutils/sysconfig.py
index 7ddc869a..68f4068f 100644
--- a/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -324,6 +324,16 @@ def customize_compiler(compiler: CCompiler) -> None:
             'AR',
             'ARFLAGS',
         )
+        assert isinstance(cc, str)
+        assert isinstance(cxx, str)
+        assert isinstance(cflags, str)
+        assert isinstance(ccshared, str)
+        assert isinstance(ldshared, str)
+        assert isinstance(ldcxxshared, str)
+        assert isinstance(shlib_suffix, str)
+        assert isinstance(ar_flags, str)
+        ar = os.environ.get('AR', ar)
+        assert isinstance(ar, str)
 
         cxxflags = cflags
 
@@ -354,8 +364,6 @@ def customize_compiler(compiler: CCompiler) -> None:
         ldshared = _add_flags(ldshared, 'CPP')
         ldcxxshared = _add_flags(ldcxxshared, 'CPP')
 
-        ar = os.environ.get('AR', ar)
-
         archiver = ar + ' ' + os.environ.get('ARFLAGS', ar_flags)
         cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + cflags
         cxx_cmd = cxx + ' ' + cxxflags
@@ -376,7 +384,7 @@ def customize_compiler(compiler: CCompiler) -> None:
         if 'RANLIB' in os.environ and compiler.executables.get('ranlib', None):
             compiler.set_executables(ranlib=os.environ['RANLIB'])
 
-        compiler.shared_lib_extension = shlib_suffix
+        compiler.shared_lib_extension = shlib_suffix  # type: ignore[misc] # Assigning to ClassVar
 
 
 def get_config_h_filename() -> str:
@@ -549,8 +557,8 @@ def expand_makefile_vars(s, vars):
 @overload
 def get_config_vars() -> dict[str, str | int]: ...
 @overload
-def get_config_vars(arg: str, /, *args: str) -> list[str | int]: ...
-def get_config_vars(*args: str) -> list[str | int] | dict[str, str | int]:
+def get_config_vars(arg: str, /, *args: str) -> list[str | int | None]: ...
+def get_config_vars(*args: str) -> list[str | int | None] | dict[str, str | int]:
     """With no arguments, return a dictionary of all configuration
     variables relevant for the current platform.  Generally this includes
     everything needed to build extensions and install both pure modules and
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 146222a5..d8dbde24 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -16,20 +16,21 @@ disable_error_code =
 
 # local
 
+	# Code that is too dynamic using variable command names;
+	# and code that uses platform checks mypy doesn't understand
+	attr-defined,
+	# These reveal issues in distutils/_modified.py that should be fixed
+	return-value,
+	type-var,
 	# TODO: Resolve and re-enable these gradually
 	operator,
-	attr-defined,
 	arg-type,
 	assignment,
 	call-overload,
-	return-value,
 	index,
-	type-var,
 	func-returns-value,
 	union-attr,
 	str-bytes-safe,
-	misc,
-	has-type,
 
 # stdlib's test module is not typed on typeshed
 [mypy-test.*]