diff --git a/src/svg.ts b/src/svg.ts
index 6f7cd85..15ef046 100644
--- a/src/svg.ts
+++ b/src/svg.ts
@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@ export function fitSvgToContent(
 	// Compute content bbox via native getBBox() — accurate for curves/transforms.
 	// Requires the SVG to be attached to a rendered DOM tree.
 	let contentBBox: { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number };
-	// eslint-disable-next-line obsidianmd/prefer-create-el
-	const host = activeDocument.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
+	const host = createSvg('svg');
 	host.setAttribute('xmlns', 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg');
 	host.setCssProps({
 		position: 'absolute',
diff --git a/src/ui.ts b/src/ui.ts
index e484a29..c18d181 100644
--- a/src/ui.ts
+++ b/src/ui.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class ConfirmModal extends Modal {
 	onOpen(): void {
 		const { contentEl } = this;
 		contentEl.empty();
-		contentEl.createEl('div', { text: this._message });
+		contentEl.createDiv({ text: this._message });
 		const actions = contentEl.createDiv({ cls: 'external-links-icon-modal-actions' });
 		const cancelBtn = actions.createEl('button', { text: t('Cancel'), cls: 'external-links-icon-cancel-btn' });
 		const okBtn = actions.createEl('button', { text: t('Confirm'), cls: 'external-links-icon-add-btn' });
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function createIconUploadSection(options: IconUploadSectionOptions): {
 	let removeState = false;
 
 	const section = container.createDiv({ cls: 'external-links-icon-upload-section' });
-	section.createEl('div', { text: label, cls: 'external-links-icon-upload-label' });
+	section.createDiv({ text: label, cls: 'external-links-icon-upload-label' });
 
 	const body = section.createDiv({ cls: 'external-links-icon-section-body' });