diff --git a/manimlib/camera/camera.py b/manimlib/camera/camera.py
index c433dbdc..94b09b37 100644
--- a/manimlib/camera/camera.py
+++ b/manimlib/camera/camera.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from colour import Color
 from manimlib.constants import *
 from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Mobject
 from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Point
-from manimlib.shader_wrapper import ShaderWrapper
 from manimlib.utils.config_ops import digest_config
 from manimlib.utils.simple_functions import fdiv
 from manimlib.utils.simple_functions import clip
@@ -22,6 +21,10 @@ from manimlib.utils.space_ops import rotation_matrix_transpose
 from manimlib.utils.space_ops import quaternion_from_angle_axis
 from manimlib.utils.space_ops import quaternion_mult
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from manimlib.shader_wrapper import ShaderWrapper
+
 
 class CameraFrame(Mobject):
     CONFIG = {
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/surface.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/surface.py
index a8b4fd5c..01eb912f 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/surface.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/surface.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
 
 from manimlib.constants import *
-from manimlib.camera.camera import Camera
 from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Mobject
 from manimlib.utils.bezier import integer_interpolate
 from manimlib.utils.bezier import interpolate
@@ -15,6 +14,10 @@ from manimlib.utils.images import get_full_raster_image_path
 from manimlib.utils.iterables import listify
 from manimlib.utils.space_ops import normalize_along_axis
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from manimlib.camera.camera import Camera
+
 
 class Surface(Mobject):
     CONFIG = {
diff --git a/manimlib/utils/debug.py b/manimlib/utils/debug.py
index be3e9527..308d4906 100644
--- a/manimlib/utils/debug.py
+++ b/manimlib/utils/debug.py
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import numpy as np
 from typing import Callable
 
 from manimlib.constants import BLACK
-from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Mobject
 from manimlib.mobject.numbers import Integer
 from manimlib.mobject.types.vectorized_mobject import VGroup
 from manimlib.logger import log
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Mobject
+
 
 def print_family(mobject: Mobject, n_tabs: int = 0) -> None:
     """For debugging purposes"""
diff --git a/manimlib/utils/family_ops.py b/manimlib/utils/family_ops.py
index 1f18614b..3218fab6 100644
--- a/manimlib/utils/family_ops.py
+++ b/manimlib/utils/family_ops.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import itertools as it
 from typing import Iterable
 
-from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Mobject
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from manimlib.mobject.mobject import Mobject
 
 
 def extract_mobject_family_members(