diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index bcceac91da..26a55e2d08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get -y install libx11-dev libxtst-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libxres-dev \
                 libxkbfile-dev python-all-dev pandoc libsystemd-dev \
                 libgtk-3-dev python3-dev python3-cairo-dev python-gi-dev cython3 \
-                python3-typing-extensions \
                 xauth x11-xkb-utils \
                 xvfb python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo \
                 libturbojpeg-dev libwebp-dev python3-pil \
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xpra/control b/packaging/debian/xpra/control
index ec1f33e6ee..7a0a83dfb0 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/xpra/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/xpra/control
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
         ,python3-gi
         ,gir1.2-glib-2.0
-        ,python3-typing-extensions
 Recommends:
         ,${x11:Depends}
 # generate QR codes for authentication and connection URLs:
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec b/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec
index 8c618b6656..817a1adb27 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ BuildRequires:		pandoc
 BuildRequires:		which
 Requires:			python3
 Requires:			python3-gobject
-Requires:			python3-typing-extensions
 Recommends:			python3-pillow
 Recommends:			python3-cryptography
 Recommends:			python3-inotify
diff --git a/xpra/client/gl/gl_drivers.py b/xpra/client/gl/gl_drivers.py
index 30dbb0025f..8b072e9f3c 100755
--- a/xpra/client/gl/gl_drivers.py
+++ b/xpra/client/gl/gl_drivers.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 # Xpra is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2, or, at your option, any
 # later version. See the file COPYING for details.
 
-from typing import Dict, Tuple
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+from typing import Dict, Tuple, TypeAlias
 
 #These chipsets will use OpenGL,
 #there will not be any warnings, even if the vendor is greylisted:
diff --git a/xpra/net/common.py b/xpra/net/common.py
index b83419cbcd..bef6be18fa 100644
--- a/xpra/net/common.py
+++ b/xpra/net/common.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 import os
 import threading
-from typing import Tuple, Callable, List, Dict, Any, ByteString, Union
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+from typing import Tuple, Callable, List, Dict, Any, ByteString, Union, TypeAlias
 
 from xpra.net.compression import Compressed, Compressible, LargeStructure
 from xpra.util import repr_ellipsized, envint, envbool
diff --git a/xpra/notifications/common.py b/xpra/notifications/common.py
index 4cd956e2b3..f63aa53bcd 100755
--- a/xpra/notifications/common.py
+++ b/xpra/notifications/common.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 import os.path
 from io import BytesIO
-from typing import Tuple, Optional
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+from typing import Tuple, Optional, TypeAlias
 
 from xpra.util import first_time
 from xpra.os_util import load_binary_file
diff --git a/xpra/server/source/client_connection.py b/xpra/server/source/client_connection.py
index b8a6f730eb..60132a1c56 100644
--- a/xpra/server/source/client_connection.py
+++ b/xpra/server/source/client_connection.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 # later version. See the file COPYING for details.
 
 import sys
-from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Tuple, Callable, Union, List
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Tuple, Callable, Union, List, TypeAlias
 from time import sleep, monotonic
 from threading import Event
 from collections import deque