diff --git a/pandas/__init__.py b/pandas/__init__.py
index f9de17a2e3914..0c6c1c0433fb9 100644
--- a/pandas/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/__init__.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
     qcut,
 )
 
+import pandas.api
 from pandas.util._print_versions import show_versions
 
 from pandas.io.api import (
diff --git a/pandas/io/json/_table_schema.py b/pandas/io/json/_table_schema.py
index 87bfd6030ec31..5f23b95c10f8e 100644
--- a/pandas/io/json/_table_schema.py
+++ b/pandas/io/json/_table_schema.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
     is_string_dtype,
     is_timedelta64_dtype,
 )
+from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import CategoricalDtype
 
 from pandas import DataFrame
-from pandas.api.types import CategoricalDtype
 import pandas.core.common as com
 
 loads = json.loads
diff --git a/pandas/io/spss.py b/pandas/io/spss.py
index cf682ec72f284..cdbe14e9fe927 100644
--- a/pandas/io/spss.py
+++ b/pandas/io/spss.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 from pandas.compat._optional import import_optional_dependency
 
-from pandas.api.types import is_list_like
+from pandas.core.dtypes.inference import is_list_like
+
 from pandas.core.api import DataFrame