diff --git a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py
index d0bd9fb17bded..e50f4b97e56d1 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py
@@ -41,13 +41,10 @@
 import aiosmtplib
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowNotFoundException
-from airflow.providers.smtp.version_compat import BaseHook
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseHook
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    try:
-        from airflow.sdk import Connection
-    except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
-        from airflow.models.connection import Connection  # type: ignore[assignment]
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Connection
 
 
 def build_xoauth2_string(username: str, token: str) -> str:
diff --git a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py
index 731743f0c5ff2..7933f275408cf 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.smtp.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from airflow.sdk import Context
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Context
 
 
 class SmtpNotifier(BaseNotifier):
diff --git a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/operators/smtp.py b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/operators/smtp.py
index c35da707a5a69..9621def333f38 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/operators/smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/operators/smtp.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.smtp.hooks.smtp import SmtpHook
-from airflow.providers.smtp.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from airflow.providers.smtp.version_compat import Context
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Context
 
 
 class EmailOperator(BaseOperator):
diff --git a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/version_compat.py b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/version_compat.py
index 5c0789f3a9977..a4fae50317e81 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/version_compat.py
@@ -35,22 +35,7 @@ def get_base_airflow_version_tuple() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
 AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 0, 0)
 AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS: bool = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 1, 0)
 
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
-    from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
-else:
-    from airflow.models import BaseOperator
-    from airflow.utils.context import Context
-
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseHook
-else:
-    from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-
 __all__ = [
     "AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS",
     "AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS",
-    "BaseHook",
-    "BaseOperator",
-    "Context",
 ]