diff --git a/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py b/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py
index 2cdd92f51..4d5867d16 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import tarfile
 
 TYPE_CHECKING = False
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path
 
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/logger.py b/cibuildwheel/logger.py
index e2b5776ca..b6f8b8029 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/logger.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/logger.py
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
 import time
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, AnyStr, Final, Literal
+from typing import IO, AnyStr, Final, Literal
 
 import humanize
 
 from cibuildwheel.ci import CIProvider, detect_ci_provider, filter_ansi_codes
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cibuildwheel.options import Options
 
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/platforms/linux.py b/cibuildwheel/platforms/linux.py
index af8c22080..a9f3e1fad 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/platforms/linux.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/platforms/linux.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator, Sequence, Set
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath, PurePosixPath
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, assert_never
+from typing import assert_never
 
 from cibuildwheel import errors
 from cibuildwheel.architecture import Architecture
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from cibuildwheel.util.helpers import prepare_command, unwrap
 from cibuildwheel.util.packaging import find_compatible_wheel
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cibuildwheel.typing import PathOrStr
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28e71dafb..fd84620b5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ flake8-annotations.mypy-init-return = true
 "typing.Iterator".msg = "Use collections.abc.Iterator instead."
 "typing.Sequence".msg = "Use collections.abc.Sequence instead."
 "typing.Set".msg = "Use collections.abc.Set instead."
+"typing.TYPE_CHECKING".msg = "Use TYPE_CHECKING=False instead"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "unit_test/*" = ["PLC1901", "TID252"]
diff --git a/unit_test/get_platform_test.py b/unit_test/get_platform_test.py
index aafc9fad0..1cd7975e0 100644
--- a/unit_test/get_platform_test.py
+++ b/unit_test/get_platform_test.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 import setuptools._distutils.util
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@
 from cibuildwheel.errors import FatalError
 from cibuildwheel.platforms.windows import PythonConfiguration, setup_setuptools_cross_compile
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+
 # monkeypatching os.name is too flaky. E.g. It works on my machine, but fails in pipeline
 if not sys.platform.startswith("win") and not TYPE_CHECKING:
     pytest.skip("Windows-only tests", allow_module_level=True)
diff --git a/unit_test/main_tests/main_options_test.py b/unit_test/main_tests/main_options_test.py
index dbc2d8236..6b3701aa6 100644
--- a/unit_test/main_tests/main_options_test.py
+++ b/unit_test/main_tests/main_options_test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
 from cibuildwheel.util import resources
 from cibuildwheel.util.packaging import DependencyConstraints
 
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .conftest import ArgsInterceptor