diff --git a/archinstall/lib/packages/packages.py b/archinstall/lib/packages/packages.py
index 929fba52..885bb3b8 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/packages/packages.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/packages/packages.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import ssl
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import TypeVar
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import urlopen
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ from ..exceptions import PackageError, SysCallError
 from ..models.gen import AvailablePackage, LocalPackage, PackageSearch, PackageSearchResult, Repository
 from ..pacman import Pacman
 
-PackageType = TypeVar("PackageType", AvailablePackage, LocalPackage)
-
-
 BASE_URL_PKG_SEARCH = 'https://archlinux.org/packages/search/json/'
 # BASE_URL_PKG_CONTENT = 'https://archlinux.org/packages/search/json/'
 BASE_GROUP_URL = 'https://archlinux.org/groups/search/json/'
@@ -143,7 +139,7 @@ def list_available_packages(
 	return packages
 
 
-def _parse_package_output(
+def _parse_package_output[PackageType: (AvailablePackage, LocalPackage)](
 	package_meta: list[str],
 	cls: type[PackageType]
 ) -> PackageType: