diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py
index 503ca1da329eaa..ca1d29b125252c 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 # [completion]
 
 
-# types
-if False:
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .historical_reader import HistoricalReader
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/completing_reader.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/completing_reader.py
index 1cd4b6367ca8b1..c5b748b1b9869a 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/completing_reader.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/completing_reader.py
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
 from .reader import Reader
 
 
-# types
-Command = commands.Command
-if False:
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .types import KeySpec, CommandName
 
+Command = commands.Command
+
 
 def prefix(wordlist: list[str], j: int = 0) -> str:
     d = {}
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/historical_reader.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/historical_reader.py
index c4b95fa2e81ee6..8474fe0bef85dc 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/historical_reader.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/historical_reader.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 from .reader import Reader
 
 
-if False:
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .types import SimpleContextManager, KeySpec, CommandName
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/input.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/input.py
index 21c24eb5cde3e3..0081937f1e1181 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/input.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/input.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 from collections import deque
 
 
-# types
-if False:
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .types import EventTuple
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py
index 1fddc63e3ee3ad..e0c4a0d66bdc37 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import sys
 
 
-# types
-if False:
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Protocol
     class Pager(Protocol):
         def __call__(self, text: str, title: str = "") -> None:
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
index a065174ad42fb6..6beb2c45aeedb8 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@
 import functools
 import os
 import sys
-import code
 
-from .readline import _get_reader, multiline_input
+from .readline import _get_reader, multiline_input, _setup
 
 TYPE_CHECKING = False
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Any
+    from code import InteractiveConsole
 
 
 _error: tuple[type[Exception], ...] | type[Exception]
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ def _clear_screen():
 }
 
 
-def _more_lines(console: code.InteractiveConsole, unicodetext: str) -> bool:
+def _more_lines(console: InteractiveConsole, unicodetext: str) -> bool:
     # ooh, look at the hack:
     src = _strip_final_indent(unicodetext)
     try:
@@ -103,11 +101,10 @@ def _more_lines(console: code.InteractiveConsole, unicodetext: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def run_multiline_interactive_console(
-    console: code.InteractiveConsole,
+    console: InteractiveConsole,
     *,
     future_flags: int = 0,
 ) -> None:
-    from .readline import _setup
     _setup(console.locals)
     if future_flags:
         console.compile.compiler.flags |= future_flags
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/trace.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/trace.py
index a8eb2433cd3cce..86d5aa41c8db3d 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/trace.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/trace.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import os
 
-# types
-if False:
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import IO
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/unix_console.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/unix_console.py
index 96379bc20f3357..2171e58fa192ee 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/unix_console.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/unix_console.py
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 
 
 TYPE_CHECKING = False
-
-# types
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import IO, Literal, overload
 else:
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/windows_console.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/windows_console.py
index e1ecd9845aefb4..6322b872663037 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/windows_console.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/windows_console.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import msvcrt
 
 from collections import deque
-import ctypes
 from ctypes.wintypes import (
     _COORD,
     WORD,
@@ -531,7 +530,7 @@ class Char(Union):
     ]
 
 
-class KeyEvent(ctypes.Structure):
+class KeyEvent(Structure):
     _fields_ = [
         ("bKeyDown", BOOL),
         ("wRepeatCount", WORD),
@@ -542,11 +541,11 @@ class KeyEvent(ctypes.Structure):
     ]
 
 
-class WindowsBufferSizeEvent(ctypes.Structure):
+class WindowsBufferSizeEvent(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("dwSize", _COORD)]
 
 
-class ConsoleEvent(ctypes.Union):
+class ConsoleEvent(Union):
     _fields_ = [
         ("KeyEvent", KeyEvent),
         ("WindowsBufferSizeEvent", WindowsBufferSizeEvent),
@@ -580,7 +579,7 @@ class INPUT_RECORD(Structure):
     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo = _KERNEL32.GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo
     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo.argtypes = [
         HANDLE,
-        ctypes.POINTER(CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO),
+        POINTER(CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO),
     ]
     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo.restype = BOOL