diff --git a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/_napoleon.py b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/_napoleon.py
index 89d9638ed..d30758aaf 100644
--- a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/_napoleon.py
+++ b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/_napoleon.py
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ def _parse_docstring(
         errors: list[ParseError],
         docstring_cls: type[GoogleDocstring],
     ) -> ParsedDocstring:
-        # TODO: would be best to avoid this import
-        from pydoctor.model import Attribute
-
         docstring_obj = docstring_cls(
             docstring, 
             what=self.objclass,
diff --git a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/epytext.py b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/epytext.py
index 5bf37bcf3..414d8c75d 100644
--- a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/epytext.py
+++ b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/epytext.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 #   4. helpers
 #   5. testing
 
-from typing import Any, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Set, Union, cast, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Any, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Set, Union, cast
 import re
 import unicodedata
 
diff --git a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/plaintext.py b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/plaintext.py
index 88067a1a9..8edef3135 100644
--- a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/plaintext.py
+++ b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/plaintext.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 __docformat__ = 'epytext en'
 
-from typing import List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from twisted.web.template import Tag, tags
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 from pydoctor.epydoc.docutils import set_node_attributes, new_document
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from pydoctor.model import Documentable
-
 def parse_docstring(docstring: str, errors: List[ParseError]) -> ParsedDocstring:
     """
     Parse the given docstring, which is formatted as plain text; and
diff --git a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/restructuredtext.py b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/restructuredtext.py
index c5b16b627..8e42a1924 100644
--- a/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/restructuredtext.py
+++ b/pydoctor/epydoc/markup/restructuredtext.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Set, cast
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import TypeAlias
-    from pydoctor.model import Documentable
     
 import re
 from docutils import nodes