diff --git a/cibuildwheel/__main__.py b/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
index c6b02becc..3682fad49 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
@@ -16,16 +16,11 @@
 import cibuildwheel.macos
 import cibuildwheel.util
 import cibuildwheel.windows
-from cibuildwheel._compat.typing import (
-    PLATFORMS,
-    GenericPythonConfiguration,
-    PlatformName,
-    Protocol,
-    assert_never,
-)
+from cibuildwheel._compat.typing import Protocol, assert_never
 from cibuildwheel.architecture import Architecture, allowed_architectures_check
 from cibuildwheel.logger import log
 from cibuildwheel.options import CommandLineArguments, Options, compute_options
+from cibuildwheel.typing import PLATFORMS, GenericPythonConfiguration, PlatformName
 from cibuildwheel.util import (
     CIBW_CACHE_PATH,
     BuildSelector,
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/_compat/typing.py b/cibuildwheel/_compat/typing.py
index 01475bbb3..62495adf9 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/_compat/typing.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/_compat/typing.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
     from typing_extensions import Final, Literal, OrderedDict, Protocol, TypedDict
@@ -18,33 +15,10 @@
 __all__ = (
     "Final",
     "Literal",
-    "PLATFORMS",
-    "PathOrStr",
-    "PlatformName",
     "Protocol",
-    "PLATFORMS",
-    "PopenBytes",
     "Protocol",
     "TypedDict",
     "OrderedDict",
     "assert_never",
     "NotRequired",
 )
-
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    PopenBytes = subprocess.Popen[bytes]
-    PathOrStr = Union[str, os.PathLike[str]]
-else:
-    PopenBytes = subprocess.Popen
-    PathOrStr = Union[str, "os.PathLike[str]"]
-
-
-PlatformName = Literal["linux", "macos", "windows"]
-PLATFORMS: Final[set[PlatformName]] = {"linux", "macos", "windows"}
-
-
-class GenericPythonConfiguration(Protocol):
-    @property
-    def identifier(self) -> str:
-        ...
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/architecture.py b/cibuildwheel/architecture.py
index ec5116f2f..9d9af38b8 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/architecture.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/architecture.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Set
 from enum import Enum
 
-from ._compat.typing import Final, Literal, PlatformName, assert_never
+from ._compat.typing import Final, Literal, assert_never
+from .typing import PlatformName
 
 PRETTY_NAMES: Final = {"linux": "Linux", "macos": "macOS", "windows": "Windows"}
 
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/linux.py b/cibuildwheel/linux.py
index 18ab19544..6fd393dc5 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/linux.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/linux.py
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath, PurePosixPath
 from typing import Tuple
 
-from ._compat.typing import OrderedDict, PathOrStr, assert_never
+from ._compat.typing import OrderedDict, assert_never
 from .architecture import Architecture
 from .logger import log
 from .oci_container import OCIContainer
 from .options import Options
+from .typing import PathOrStr
 from .util import (
     AlreadyBuiltWheelError,
     BuildSelector,
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/macos.py b/cibuildwheel/macos.py
index 10f26d0fe..1c103629d 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/macos.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/macos.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
 
 from filelock import FileLock
 
-from ._compat.typing import Literal, PathOrStr, assert_never
+from ._compat.typing import Literal, assert_never
 from .architecture import Architecture
 from .environment import ParsedEnvironment
 from .logger import log
 from .options import Options
+from .typing import PathOrStr
 from .util import (
     CIBW_CACHE_PATH,
     AlreadyBuiltWheelError,
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py b/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py
index 4d76c5c3d..b2f6fe4af 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/oci_container.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import IO, Dict
 
-from cibuildwheel.util import CIProvider, detect_ci_provider
-
-from ._compat.typing import Literal, PathOrStr, PopenBytes
+from ._compat.typing import Literal
+from .typing import PathOrStr, PopenBytes
+from .util import CIProvider, detect_ci_provider
 
 ContainerEngine = Literal["docker", "podman"]
 
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/options.py b/cibuildwheel/options.py
index 7214bea04..d4c88222b 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/options.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/options.py
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
 
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 
-from ._compat.typing import PLATFORMS, Literal, NotRequired, PlatformName, TypedDict
+from ._compat.typing import Literal, NotRequired, TypedDict
 from .architecture import Architecture
 from .environment import EnvironmentParseError, ParsedEnvironment, parse_environment
 from .logger import log
 from .oci_container import ContainerEngine
 from .projectfiles import get_requires_python_str
+from .typing import PLATFORMS, PlatformName
 from .util import (
     MANYLINUX_ARCHS,
     MUSLLINUX_ARCHS,
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/typing.py b/cibuildwheel/typing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7abd9e3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cibuildwheel/typing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import typing
+from typing import Union
+
+from ._compat.typing import Final, Literal, Protocol
+
+__all__ = (
+    "PLATFORMS",
+    "PathOrStr",
+    "PlatformName",
+    "PLATFORMS",
+    "PopenBytes",
+)
+
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    PopenBytes = subprocess.Popen[bytes]
+    PathOrStr = Union[str, os.PathLike[str]]
+else:
+    PopenBytes = subprocess.Popen
+    PathOrStr = Union[str, "os.PathLike[str]"]
+
+
+PlatformName = Literal["linux", "macos", "windows"]
+PLATFORMS: Final[set[PlatformName]] = {"linux", "macos", "windows"}
+
+
+class GenericPythonConfiguration(Protocol):
+    @property
+    def identifier(self) -> str:
+        ...
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/util.py b/cibuildwheel/util.py
index 0b5ae24ce..00771eb5b 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/util.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/util.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 from platformdirs import user_cache_path
 
 from ._compat.functools import cached_property
-from ._compat.typing import Final, Literal, PathOrStr, PlatformName
+from ._compat.typing import Final, Literal
+from .typing import PathOrStr, PlatformName
 
 __all__ = [
     "resources_dir",
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/windows.py b/cibuildwheel/windows.py
index eba342b38..d3e587868 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/windows.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/windows.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
 from filelock import FileLock
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-from ._compat.typing import PathOrStr, assert_never
+from ._compat.typing import assert_never
 from .architecture import Architecture
 from .environment import ParsedEnvironment
 from .logger import log
 from .options import Options
+from .typing import PathOrStr
 from .util import (
     CIBW_CACHE_PATH,
     AlreadyBuiltWheelError,