diff --git a/src/qcodes/logger/logger.py b/src/qcodes/logger/logger.py
index 62c04427a6c7..4965d91389fe 100644
--- a/src/qcodes/logger/logger.py
+++ b/src/qcodes/logger/logger.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 )
 
 AzureLogHandler = Any
+Envelope = Any
 
 log: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -205,10 +206,6 @@ def _create_telemetry_handler() -> "AzureLogHandler":
     """
     Configure, create, and return the telemetry handler
     """
-    if TYPE_CHECKING:
-        from opencensus.ext.azure.common.protocol import (  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
-            Envelope,
-        )
     from opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter import AzureLogHandler
     global telemetry_handler