diff --git a/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py b/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py
index f838297af3..411a9b0dbe 100644
--- a/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py
+++ b/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 from TTS.config.shared_configs import BaseDatasetConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets import load_tts_samples
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig
+from TTS.tts.models.xtts import XttsAudioConfig
 from TTS.utils.manage import ModelManager
 
 
diff --git a/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py b/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py
index 0253d65ddd..107054189c 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.tokenizer import VoiceBpeTokenizer
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.dataset import XTTSDataset
 from TTS.tts.models.base_tts import BaseTTS
-from TTS.tts.models.xtts import Xtts, XttsArgs, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.tts.models.xtts import Xtts, XttsArgs
 from TTS.utils.generic_utils import is_pytorch_at_least_2_4
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ class GPTTrainerConfig(XttsConfig):
     test_sentences: List[dict] = field(default_factory=lambda: [])
 
 
-@dataclass
-class XttsAudioConfig(XttsAudioConfig):
-    dvae_sample_rate: int = 22050
-
-
 @dataclass
 class GPTArgs(XttsArgs):
     min_conditioning_length: int = 66150
diff --git a/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py b/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
index d780e2b323..f05863ae1d 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/models/xtts.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from coqpit import Coqpit
 from trainer.io import load_fsspec
 
-from TTS.tts.configs.xtts_config import XttsConfig
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.gpt import GPT
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.hifigan_decoder import HifiDecoder
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.stream_generator import init_stream_support
@@ -103,10 +102,12 @@ class XttsAudioConfig(Coqpit):
     Args:
         sample_rate (int): The sample rate in which the GPT operates.
         output_sample_rate (int): The sample rate of the output audio waveform.
+        dvae_sample_rate (int): The sample rate of the DVAE
     """
 
     sample_rate: int = 22050
     output_sample_rate: int = 24000
+    dvae_sample_rate: int = 22050
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -721,7 +722,7 @@ def get_compatible_checkpoint_state_dict(self, model_path):
 
     def load_checkpoint(
         self,
-        config: XttsConfig,
+        config: "XttsConfig",
         checkpoint_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         checkpoint_path: Optional[str] = None,
         vocab_path: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
index d31ec8f1ed..a077a18064 100644
--- a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
+++ b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 from TTS.config.shared_configs import BaseDatasetConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets import load_tts_samples
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig
+from TTS.tts.models.xtts import XttsAudioConfig
 from TTS.utils.manage import ModelManager
 
 # Logging parameters
diff --git a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v2/train_gpt_xtts.py b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v2/train_gpt_xtts.py
index ccaa97f1e4..362f45008e 100644
--- a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v2/train_gpt_xtts.py
+++ b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v2/train_gpt_xtts.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 from TTS.config.shared_configs import BaseDatasetConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets import load_tts_samples
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig
+from TTS.tts.models.xtts import XttsAudioConfig
 from TTS.utils.manage import ModelManager
 
 # Logging parameters
diff --git a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py
index b8b9a4e388..bb592f1f2d 100644
--- a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py
+++ b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 from TTS.config.shared_configs import BaseDatasetConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets import load_tts_samples
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.dvae import DiscreteVAE
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig
+from TTS.tts.models.xtts import XttsAudioConfig
 
 config_dataset = BaseDatasetConfig(
     formatter="ljspeech",
diff --git a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py
index 6663433c12..454e867385 100644
--- a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py
+++ b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 from TTS.config.shared_configs import BaseDatasetConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets import load_tts_samples
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.dvae import DiscreteVAE
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig
+from TTS.tts.models.xtts import XttsAudioConfig
 
 config_dataset = BaseDatasetConfig(
     formatter="ljspeech",