diff --git a/sphinx/application.py b/sphinx/application.py
index dc13157f3e1..4e49b09c3a5 100644
--- a/sphinx/application.py
+++ b/sphinx/application.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import os
-from pathlib import Path
 import pickle
 import sys
 from collections import deque
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@
 from sphinx.util.tags import Tags
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
     from docutils import nodes
     from docutils.nodes import Element, Node
     from docutils.parsers import Parser
@@ -453,12 +454,17 @@ def require_sphinx(version: tuple[int, int] | str) -> None:
 
     # event interface
     @overload
-    def connect(self, event: Literal['include-read'], callback: Callable[[Sphinx, Path, str, list[str]], None], priority: int = 500) -> int:
+    def connect(
+        self,
+        event: Literal['include-read'],
+        callback: Callable[[Sphinx, Path, str, list[str]], None],
+        priority: int = 500
+    ) -> int:
         ...
 
     @overload
     def connect(self, event: str, callback: Callable, priority: int = 500) -> int: ...
-    
+
     def connect(self, event: str, callback: Callable, priority: int = 500) -> int:
         """Register *callback* to be called when *event* is emitted.
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/docfields.py b/sphinx/util/docfields.py
index e1d2deefb36..fdd4ff35c0b 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/docfields.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/docfields.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from collections.abc import Sequence
 import contextlib
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@
 from sphinx.util.nodes import get_node_line
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Sequence
+
     from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner
 
     from sphinx.directives import ObjectDescription