diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8752be00b78..68bfd07ecd8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@
 	path = tests/dataset/fixtures/db_files
 	url = https://github.com/QCoDeS/qcodes_db_fixtures.git
 	branch = main
-[submodule "typings"]
-	path = typings
-	url = https://github.com/QCoDeS/qcodes-python-type-stubs.git
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eff5378ddd5..daefebf91c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ ignore = [
     ]
 reportMissingTypeStubs = true
 reportDeprecated = true
-stubPath = "typings/stubs"
 
 typeCheckingMode = "standard"
 
diff --git a/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Minicircuits/USBHIDMixin.py b/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Minicircuits/USBHIDMixin.py
index 74f45e77ac0..797f95b382e 100644
--- a/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Minicircuits/USBHIDMixin.py
+++ b/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Minicircuits/USBHIDMixin.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 from qcodes.utils import QCoDeSDeprecationWarning
 
 try:
-    from pywinusb import hid  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingModuleSource]
+    from pywinusb import (  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingModuleSource,reportMissingImports]
+        hid,
+    )
 
     imported_hid = True
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/typings b/typings
deleted file mode 160000
index ef0939b78ad..00000000000
--- a/typings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ef0939b78ad96473f0369774ad81c26af1928e36