diff --git a/src/zarr/core/metadata/v2.py b/src/zarr/core/metadata/v2.py
index 70d4e1e59c..5822a228b9 100644
--- a/src/zarr/core/metadata/v2.py
+++ b/src/zarr/core/metadata/v2.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypedDict, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, TypedDict, cast
 
 from zarr.abc.metadata import Metadata
 from zarr.abc.numcodec import Numcodec, _is_numcodec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from zarr.registry import get_numcodec
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Literal, Self
+    from typing import Self
 
     import numpy.typing as npt
 
@@ -279,8 +279,6 @@ def parse_dtype(data: npt.DTypeLike) -> np.dtype[Any]:
 
 
 def parse_zarr_format(data: object) -> Literal[2]:
-    from typing import Literal
-
     return cast("Literal[2]", parse_field(data, Literal[2], "zarr_format"))