4 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/typing/_array_like.py b/numpy/typing/_array_like.py
index 187dfb96a..3bdbed8f8 100644
--- a/numpy/typing/_array_like.py
+++ b/numpy/typing/_array_like.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ _ScalarType = TypeVar("_ScalarType", bound=generic)
 _DType = TypeVar("_DType", bound="dtype[Any]")
 _DType_co = TypeVar("_DType_co", covariant=True, bound="dtype[Any]")
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
+if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS or sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     # The `_SupportsArray` protocol only cares about the default dtype
     # (i.e. `dtype=None` or no `dtype` parameter at all) of the to-be returned
     # array.
diff --git a/numpy/typing/_callable.py b/numpy/typing/_callable.py
index 52573f648..8f911da3b 100644
--- a/numpy/typing/_callable.py
+++ b/numpy/typing/_callable.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
 elif _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
     from typing_extensions import Protocol
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
+if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS or sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     _T1 = TypeVar("_T1")
     _T2 = TypeVar("_T2")
     _2Tuple = Tuple[_T1, _T1]
diff --git a/numpy/typing/_char_codes.py b/numpy/typing/_char_codes.py
index 24d39c62e..22ee168e9 100644
--- a/numpy/typing/_char_codes.py
+++ b/numpy/typing/_char_codes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
 elif _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
     from typing_extensions import Literal
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
+if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS or sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     _BoolCodes = Literal["?", "=?", "<?", ">?", "bool", "bool_", "bool8"]
 
     _UInt8Codes = Literal["uint8", "u1", "=u1", "<u1", ">u1"]
diff --git a/numpy/typing/_dtype_like.py b/numpy/typing/_dtype_like.py
index 061b4c0ed..b2ce3adb4 100644
--- a/numpy/typing/_dtype_like.py
+++ b/numpy/typing/_dtype_like.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     from typing import Protocol, TypedDict
 elif _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
     from typing_extensions import Protocol, TypedDict
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-    from types import GenericAlias
 else:
     from ._generic_alias import _GenericAlias as GenericAlias
 
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ from ._char_codes import (
 _DTypeLikeNested = Any  # TODO: wait for support for recursive types
 _DType_co = TypeVar("_DType_co", covariant=True, bound=DType[Any])
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS:
+if TYPE_CHECKING or _HAS_TYPING_EXTENSIONS or sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     # Mandatory keys
     class _DTypeDictBase(TypedDict):
         names: Sequence[str]