diff --git a/Tests/test_image_array.py b/Tests/test_image_array.py
index eb2309e0f..25cb99c43 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_array.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_array.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import Any
 
 import pytest
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ numpy = pytest.importorskip("numpy", reason="NumPy not installed")
 
 im = hopper().resize((128, 100))
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import numpy.typing as npt
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_numpy.py b/Tests/test_numpy.py
index c4ad19d23..ef54deeeb 100644
--- a/Tests/test_numpy.py
+++ b/Tests/test_numpy.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ from PIL import Image, _typing
 
 from .helper import assert_deep_equal, assert_image, hopper, skip_unless_feature
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import numpy
     import numpy.typing as npt
diff --git a/Tests/test_qt_image_qapplication.py b/Tests/test_qt_image_qapplication.py
index 0ed9fbfa5..82a3e0741 100644
--- a/Tests/test_qt_image_qapplication.py
+++ b/Tests/test_qt_image_qapplication.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+from typing import Union
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageQt
 
 from .helper import assert_image_equal_tofile, assert_image_similar, hopper
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import PyQt6
     import PySide6
diff --git a/docs/dater.py b/docs/dater.py
index f9fb0c1da..c0302b55c 100644
--- a/docs/dater.py
+++ b/docs/dater.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
 import subprocess
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sphinx.application import Sphinx