diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
index a2929f771c..f1e926dd75 100644
--- a/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
+++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ from pygments import token as Token
 import urwid
 import urwid_readline
 
-from ..qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol, QMPBadPortError
+from qemu.qmp import QEMUMonitorProtocol, QMPBadPortError
+
 from .error import ProtocolError
 from .message import DeserializationError, Message, UnexpectedTypeError
 from .protocol import ConnectError, Runstate
diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/protocol.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/protocol.py
index 5190b33b13..c4fbe35a0e 100644
--- a/python/qemu/aqmp/protocol.py
+++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/protocol.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ from .util import (
 
 
 T = TypeVar('T')
+_U = TypeVar('_U')
 _TaskFN = Callable[[], Awaitable[None]]  # aka ``async def func() -> None``
-_FutureT = TypeVar('_FutureT', bound=Optional['asyncio.Future[Any]'])
 
 
 class Runstate(Enum):
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ class AsyncProtocol(Generic[T]):
         """
         Fully reset this object to a clean state and return to `IDLE`.
         """
-        def _paranoid_task_erase(task: _FutureT) -> Optional[_FutureT]:
+        def _paranoid_task_erase(task: Optional['asyncio.Future[_U]']
+                                 ) -> Optional['asyncio.Future[_U]']:
             # Help to erase a task, ENSURING it is fully quiesced first.
             assert (task is None) or task.done()
             return None if (task and task.done()) else task
diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py b/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py
index a59ae1a2a1..2e4c741f77 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ from typing import (
 from . import QEMUMonitorProtocol, QMPError
 
 
-# The following is needed only for a type alias.
-Subparsers = argparse._SubParsersAction  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-
-
 class ObjectPropertyInfo:
     """
     Represents the return type from e.g. qom-list.
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ class QOMCommand:
         self.qmp.connect()
 
     @classmethod
-    def register(cls, subparsers: Subparsers) -> None:
+    def register(cls, subparsers: Any) -> None:
         """
         Register this command with the argument parser.
 
diff --git a/scripts/simplebench/bench-example.py b/scripts/simplebench/bench-example.py
index 4864435f39..fc370691e0 100644
--- a/scripts/simplebench/bench-example.py
+++ b/scripts/simplebench/bench-example.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from bench_block_job import bench_block_copy, drv_file, drv_nbd
 
 def bench_func(env, case):
     """ Handle one "cell" of benchmarking table. """
-    return bench_block_copy(env['qemu_binary'], env['cmd'], {}
+    return bench_block_copy(env['qemu_binary'], env['cmd'], {},
                             case['source'], case['target'])