diff --git a/daft/datasources.py b/daft/datasources.py
index cd79972dbe..2d396f96e2 100644
--- a/daft/datasources.py
+++ b/daft/datasources.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from daft.io import IOConfig
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from daft.io import IOConfig
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
     from typing_extensions import Protocol
diff --git a/daft/io/parquet.py b/daft/io/parquet.py
index e9137bedf5..06e9b51c83 100644
--- a/daft/io/parquet.py
+++ b/daft/io/parquet.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # isort: dont-add-import: from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 import fsspec
 
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 from daft.dataframe import DataFrame
 from daft.datasources import ParquetSourceInfo
 from daft.datatype import DataType
-from daft.io import IOConfig
 from daft.io.common import _get_tabular_files_scan
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from daft.io import IOConfig
+
 
 @PublicAPI
 def read_parquet(
     path: Union[str, List[str]],
     schema_hints: Optional[Dict[str, DataType]] = None,
     fs: Optional[fsspec.AbstractFileSystem] = None,
-    io_config: Optional[IOConfig] = None,
+    io_config: Optional["IOConfig"] = None,
     use_native_downloader: bool = False,
 ) -> DataFrame:
     """Creates a DataFrame from Parquet file(s)
diff --git a/daft/table/schema_inference.py b/daft/table/schema_inference.py
index 0957b16121..196192371c 100644
--- a/daft/table/schema_inference.py
+++ b/daft/table/schema_inference.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 from daft.datatype import DataType
 from daft.filesystem import _resolve_paths_and_filesystem
-from daft.io import IOConfig
 from daft.logical.schema import Schema
 from daft.runners.partitioning import TableParseCSVOptions
 from daft.table import Table
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import fsspec
 
+    from daft.io import IOConfig
+
 
 def from_csv(
     file: FileInput,
diff --git a/daft/table/table_io.py b/daft/table/table_io.py
index 2eae36872d..896c09db44 100644
--- a/daft/table/table_io.py
+++ b/daft/table/table_io.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import pathlib
 from collections.abc import Generator
-from typing import IO, Union
+from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import fsspec
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 
 from daft.expressions import ExpressionsProjection
 from daft.filesystem import _resolve_paths_and_filesystem
-from daft.io import IOConfig
 from daft.logical.schema import Schema
 from daft.runners.partitioning import TableParseCSVOptions, TableReadOptions
 from daft.table import Table
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from daft.io import IOConfig
+
 FileInput = Union[pathlib.Path, str, IO[bytes]]