diff --git a/miscplot/variability.py b/miscplot/variability.py
index a1dc99e..aff667d 100644
--- a/miscplot/variability.py
+++ b/miscplot/variability.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Sequence, Callable, Any
-from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Sequence, Callable, Any, TYPE_CHECKING
 import threading
 import textwrap
 
-from PyQt6 import QtCore
-
 import numpy
 from numpy.typing import NDArray
 import polars
@@ -14,6 +11,10 @@ from matplotlib.figure import Figure
 from matplotlib.axes import Axes
 
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas
+
+
 def twrap(text: str, **kwargs) -> str:
     kwargs.setdefault('width', 15)
     intxt = text.replace('_', '-')
diff --git a/miscplot/wmap.py b/miscplot/wmap.py
index d371812..58ce050 100644
--- a/miscplot/wmap.py
+++ b/miscplot/wmap.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
-from PyQt6 import QtCore
-
 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
 from matplotlib.axes import Axes
 from matplotlib import pyplot