diff --git a/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/file_content_streaming_handler.py b/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/file_content_streaming_handler.py
index e992c47f28..2ca39591dc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/file_content_streaming_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/file_content_streaming_handler.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Dict, Optional, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AsyncIterator, Dict, Optional, cast
 
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 
 import litellm
 from litellm.files.types import FileContentStreamingResult
-from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
-from litellm.proxy.common_request_processing import ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing
-from litellm.proxy.utils import ProxyLogging
 
-from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.common_utils import (
-    prepare_data_with_credentials,
-)
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+    from litellm.proxy.utils import ProxyLogging
 
 
 class FileContentStreamingHandler:
@@ -28,8 +25,8 @@ class FileContentStreamingHandler:
     @staticmethod
     async def stream_file_content_with_logging(
         stream_iterator: AsyncIterator[bytes],
-        proxy_logging_obj: ProxyLogging,
-        user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
+        proxy_logging_obj: "ProxyLogging",
+        user_api_key_dict: "UserAPIKeyAuth",
         data: Dict[str, Any],
     ):
         try:
@@ -58,10 +55,17 @@ class FileContentStreamingHandler:
         should_route: bool,
         original_file_id: Optional[str],
         credentials: Optional[Dict[str, Any]],
-        proxy_logging_obj: ProxyLogging,
-        user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
+        proxy_logging_obj: "ProxyLogging",
+        user_api_key_dict: "UserAPIKeyAuth",
         version: str,
     ) -> StreamingResponse:
+        from litellm.proxy.common_request_processing import (
+            ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing,
+        )
+        from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.common_utils import (
+            prepare_data_with_credentials,
+        )
+
         effective_custom_llm_provider = custom_llm_provider
         if should_route:
             if credentials is None or credentials.get("custom_llm_provider") is None:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/files_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/files_endpoints.py
index fb131f33ec..cdf4785f98 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/files_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/openai_files_endpoints/files_endpoints.py
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ from fastapi import (
 import litellm
 from litellm import CreateFileRequest, get_secret_str
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
-from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.file_content_streaming_handler import (
-    FileContentStreamingHandler,
-)
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.files.transformation import BaseFileEndpoints
 from litellm.proxy._types import *
 from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
@@ -55,9 +52,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.common_utils import (
     extract_file_creation_params,
     get_credentials_for_model,
     handle_model_based_routing,
-)
-from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.storage_backend_service import (
-    StorageBackendFileService,
+    prepare_data_with_credentials,
 )
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -162,6 +157,9 @@ async def route_create_file(
         from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
             extract_file_data,
         )
+        from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.storage_backend_service import (
+            StorageBackendFileService,
+        )
 
         # Extract file data
         file_data = extract_file_data(cast(Any, _create_file_request.get("file")))
@@ -734,6 +732,10 @@ async def get_file_content(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 check_file_id_encoding=True,
             )
 
+            from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.file_content_streaming_handler import (
+                FileContentStreamingHandler,
+            )
+
             if FileContentStreamingHandler.should_stream_file_content(
                 custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                 is_base64_unified_file_id=is_base64_unified_file_id,