diff --git a/py-polars/polars/__init__.py b/py-polars/polars/__init__.py
index c2fefa29a5b1..4ca4c40bd534 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/__init__.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     __register_startup_deps()
 
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from polars import api, exceptions, plugins, selectors
 from polars._utils.polars_version import get_polars_version as _get_polars_version
@@ -455,33 +455,36 @@
 ]
 
 
-def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
-    # Deprecate re-export of exceptions at top-level
-    if name in dir(exceptions):
-        from polars._utils.deprecation import issue_deprecation_warning
+if not TYPE_CHECKING:
+    # This causes typechecking to resolve any Polars module attribute
+    # as Any regardless of existence so we check for TYPE_CHECKING, see #24334.
+    def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
+        # Deprecate re-export of exceptions at top-level
+        if name in dir(exceptions):
+            from polars._utils.deprecation import issue_deprecation_warning
 
-        issue_deprecation_warning(
-            message=(
-                f"accessing `{name}` from the top-level `polars` module was deprecated "
-                "in version 1.0.0. Import it directly from the `polars.exceptions` module "
-                f"instead, e.g.: `from polars.exceptions import {name}`"
-            ),
-        )
-        return getattr(exceptions, name)
+            issue_deprecation_warning(
+                message=(
+                    f"accessing `{name}` from the top-level `polars` module was deprecated "
+                    "in version 1.0.0. Import it directly from the `polars.exceptions` module "
+                    f"instead, e.g.: `from polars.exceptions import {name}`"
+                ),
+            )
+            return getattr(exceptions, name)
 
-    # Deprecate data type groups at top-level
-    import polars.datatypes.group as dtgroup
+        # Deprecate data type groups at top-level
+        import polars.datatypes.group as dtgroup
 
-    if name in dir(dtgroup):
-        from polars._utils.deprecation import issue_deprecation_warning
+        if name in dir(dtgroup):
+            from polars._utils.deprecation import issue_deprecation_warning
 
-        issue_deprecation_warning(
-            message=(
-                f"`{name}` was deprecated in version 1.0.0. Define your own data type groups or "
-                "use the `polars.selectors` module for selecting columns of a certain data type."
-            ),
-        )
-        return getattr(dtgroup, name)
+            issue_deprecation_warning(
+                message=(
+                    f"`{name}` was deprecated in version 1.0.0. Define your own data type groups or "
+                    "use the `polars.selectors` module for selecting columns of a certain data type."
+                ),
+            )
+            return getattr(dtgroup, name)
 
-    msg = f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}"
-    raise AttributeError(msg)
+        msg = f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}"
+        raise AttributeError(msg)
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py
index bd5123c1f9ec..f70f783529b0 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from polars.testing import assert_frame_equal, assert_series_equal
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from polars._typing import PolarsDataType
+    from polars._typing import PolarsDataType, SerializationFormat
 
 
 def test_struct_to_list() -> None:
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ def test_zfs_struct_fns() -> None:
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("format", ["binary", "json"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("size", [0, 1, 2, 13])
-def test_zfs_serialization_roundtrip(format: pl.SerializationFormat, size: int) -> None:
+def test_zfs_serialization_roundtrip(format: SerializationFormat, size: int) -> None:
     a = pl.Series("a", [{}] * size, pl.Struct([])).to_frame()
 
     f = io.BytesIO()
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_parquet.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_parquet.py
index 20f239f6c5a7..6a4e590de5ca 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_parquet.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_parquet.py
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ def test_empty_parquet() -> None:
 )
 @pytest.mark.write_disk
 def test_row_index_projection_pushdown_18463(
-    tmp_path: Path, strategy: pl.ParallelStrategy
+    tmp_path: Path, strategy: ParallelStrategy
 ) -> None:
     tmp_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     f = tmp_path / "test.parquet"
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ def test_decimal_precision_nested_roundtrip(
 @pytest.mark.may_fail_cloud  # reason: sortedness flag
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("parallel", ["prefiltered", "columns", "row_groups", "auto"])
 def test_conserve_sortedness(
-    monkeypatch: Any, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], parallel: pl.ParallelStrategy
+    monkeypatch: Any, capfd: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], parallel: ParallelStrategy
 ) -> None:
     f = io.BytesIO()
 
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/test_init.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/test_init.py
index 987404784c1e..34e4288a875d 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/test_init.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/test_init.py
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ def test_init_nonexistent_attribute() -> None:
     with pytest.raises(
         AttributeError, match="module 'polars' has no attribute 'stroopwafel'"
     ):
-        pl.stroopwafel
+        pl.stroopwafel  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 
 def test_init_exceptions_deprecated() -> None:
     with pytest.deprecated_call(
         match="accessing `ComputeError` from the top-level `polars` module was deprecated in version 1.0.0."
     ):
-        exc = pl.ComputeError
+        exc = pl.ComputeError  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     msg = "nope"
     with pytest.raises(ComputeError, match=msg):
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_dtype_groups_deprecated() -> None:
     with pytest.deprecated_call(
         match="`INTEGER_DTYPES` was deprecated in version 1.0.0."
     ):
-        dtypes = pl.INTEGER_DTYPES
+        dtypes = pl.INTEGER_DTYPES  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     assert pl.Int8 in dtypes