diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/_commit_api.py b/src/huggingface_hub/_commit_api.py
index 733d59bf29..41cf6c75c0 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/_commit_api.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/_commit_api.py
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from itertools import groupby
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, BinaryIO, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from tqdm.contrib.concurrent import thread_map
 
 from huggingface_hub import get_session
 
 from .constants import ENDPOINT, HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER
+from .hf_api import RepoFile
 from .lfs import UploadInfo, lfs_upload, post_lfs_batch_info
 from .utils import (
     EntryNotFoundError,
@@ -30,10 +31,6 @@
 from .utils import tqdm as hf_tqdm
 
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from .hf_api import RepoFile
-
-
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)