diff --git a/src/lib/XDGAppPaths.ts b/src/lib/XDGAppPaths.ts
index e6cf032..48d2be5 100644
--- a/src/lib/XDGAppPaths.ts
+++ b/src/lib/XDGAppPaths.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /* eslint-env es6, node */
 // 'use strict';
 
-import { Platform } from '../platform-adapters/_base.js';
+import type { Platform } from '../platform-adapters/_base.js';
 
 // XDG references
 // # ref: <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html> @@ <https://archive.is/aAhtw>
diff --git a/src/mod.deno.ts b/src/mod.deno.ts
index a048ff3..f18a538 100644
--- a/src/mod.deno.ts
+++ b/src/mod.deno.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { Adapt } from '../dist/esm/lib/XDGAppPaths.js';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
 // @ts-ignore
-import { DirOptions, Options, XDGAppPaths } from '../dist/types/mod.d.ts';
+import type { DirOptions, Options, XDGAppPaths } from '../dist/types/mod.d.ts';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
 // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/src/platform-adapters/deno.deno.ts b/src/platform-adapters/deno.deno.ts
index e68aa7a..799fc70 100644
--- a/src/platform-adapters/deno.deno.ts
+++ b/src/platform-adapters/deno.deno.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import xdg from 'https://deno.land/x/xdg@v10.5.0/src/mod.deno.ts';
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment */
 
 // @ts-ignore // deno-type import
-import { Platform } from './_base.ts';
+import type { Platform } from './_base.ts';
 
 // create a local reference to refer to `Deno` (for better linting without need for multiple `// @ts-ignore` directives)
 // @ts-ignore // Deno alias to suppress other false-positive TS warnings
diff --git a/src/platform-adapters/node.ts b/src/platform-adapters/node.ts
index ecf6166..8727459 100644
--- a/src/platform-adapters/node.ts
+++ b/src/platform-adapters/node.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 import xdg from 'xdg-portable';
 
-import { Platform } from './_base.js';
+import type { Platform } from './_base.js';
 
 export const adapter: Platform.Adapter = {
 	atImportPermissions: { env: true, read: true },