diff --git a/pandas/util/_print_versions.py b/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
index 2526fafe5851f..e3cd3a3f227a2 100644
--- a/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
+++ b/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 import platform
 import struct
 import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pandas._typing import JSONSerializable
 
-from pandas._typing import JSONSerializable
 from pandas.compat._optional import (
     VERSIONS,
     get_version,
diff --git a/pandas/util/_test_decorators.py b/pandas/util/_test_decorators.py
index dfe48d994cb0e..c0d1e5147bb8c 100644
--- a/pandas/util/_test_decorators.py
+++ b/pandas/util/_test_decorators.py
@@ -26,14 +26,18 @@ def test_foo():
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import locale
-from typing import Callable
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Callable,
+)
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
 from pandas._config import get_option
 
-from pandas._typing import F
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pandas._typing import F
 from pandas.compat import (
     IS64,
     is_platform_windows,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5c9cd702a380..8fff3e6990470 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ exclude = [
 # TCH to be enabled gradually
 "pandas/core/arrays/*" = ["TCH"]
 "pandas/core/nanops.py" = ["TCH"]
-"pandas/util/*" = ["TCH"]
 "pandas/_libs/*" = ["TCH"]
 # Keep this one enabled
 "pandas/_typing.py" = ["TCH"]