diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py
index 393591a23..22df7530f 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ import sys
 import urllib.parse
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol
+from typing import Protocol
 
 from clan_lib.errors import ClanError
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from clan_lib.flake import Flake
+from clan_lib.flake import Flake
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)