diff --git a/routemaster/feeds.py b/routemaster/feeds.py
index fad8d29..cb035b3 100644
--- a/routemaster/feeds.py
+++ b/routemaster/feeds.py
@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
 """Creation and fetching of feed data."""
 import threading
-from typing import Any, Dict, Union, Callable, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Any,
+    Dict,
+    Union,
+    Callable,
+    Optional,
+    Sequence,
+)
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 import requests
 from requests.sessions import Session
 
 from routemaster.utils import get_path, template_url
-from routemaster.config import StateMachine
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from routemaster.config import StateMachine
 
-def feeds_for_state_machine(state_machine: StateMachine) -> Dict[str, 'Feed']:
+
+def feeds_for_state_machine(
+    state_machine: 'StateMachine',
+) -> Dict[str, 'Feed']:
     """Get a mapping of feed prefixes to unfetched feeds."""
     return {
         x.name: Feed(x.url, state_machine.name)
diff --git a/routemaster/tests/test_layering.py b/routemaster/tests/test_layering.py
index 6cf9d36..3b15ced 100644
--- a/routemaster/tests/test_layering.py
+++ b/routemaster/tests/test_layering.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import re
 import dis
 import pathlib
+from typing import Iterable, Iterator
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
     ('cli', 'validation'),
     ('cli', 'middleware'),
 
-    ('exit_conditions', 'context'),
     ('exit_conditions', 'utils'),
 
     ('context', 'utils'),
@@ -112,6 +112,29 @@ def test_layers_are_acyclic():
 RE_ROUTEMASTER_MODULE = re.compile('^routemaster.([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)')
 
 
+def _skip_type_checking_blocks(
+    instructions: Iterable[dis.Instruction],
+) -> Iterator[dis.Instruction]:
+    state = None
+    for instruction in instructions:
+        if (
+            instruction.opname == 'LOAD_NAME' and
+            instruction.argval == 'TYPE_CHECKING'
+        ):
+            state = 'TYPE_CHECKING'
+            continue
+        elif (
+            state == 'TYPE_CHECKING' and
+            instruction.opname == 'POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE'
+        ):
+            state = 'JUMP'
+        elif state == 'JUMP' and not instruction.is_jump_target:
+            continue
+        else:
+            state = None
+            yield instruction
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(networkx is None, reason="networkx is not installed")
 def test_layers():
     root = pathlib.Path(routemaster.__file__).parent
@@ -144,7 +167,7 @@ def test_layers():
 
         last_import_source = None
 
-        for instruction in dis.get_instructions(code):
+        for instruction in _skip_type_checking_blocks(dis.get_instructions(code)):
             if instruction.opname == 'IMPORT_NAME':
                 import_target = instruction.argval
 
diff --git a/routemaster/utils.py b/routemaster/utils.py
index 478ecf5..2c9bbd7 100644
--- a/routemaster/utils.py
+++ b/routemaster/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """Shared utilities."""
 import contextlib
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterator, Sequence
 
-from routemaster.logging import BaseLogger
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from routemaster.logging import BaseLogger
 
 
 def dict_merge(d1: Dict[str, Any], d2: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def get_path(path: Sequence[str], d: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
-def suppress_exceptions(logger: BaseLogger) -> Iterator[None]:
+def suppress_exceptions(logger: 'BaseLogger') -> Iterator[None]:
     """Catch all exceptions and log to a provided logger."""
     try:
         yield