diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
index 37795ed62..f1d1bc6e8 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { log } from './logger.js';
 import { getDiagram, registerDiagram } from './diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
 import { detectType, getDiagramLoader } from './diagram-api/detectType.js';
 import { UnknownDiagramError } from './errors.js';
-import { encodeEntities, type DetailedError } from './utils.js';
+import { encodeEntities } from './utils.js';
+
+import type { DetailedError } from './utils.js';
 import type { DiagramDefinition, DiagramMetadata } from './diagram-api/types.js';
 
 export type ParseErrorFunction = (err: string | DetailedError | unknown, hash?: any) => void;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/createLabel.js b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/createLabel.js
index c120f2083..4c947879c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/createLabel.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/createLabel.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { select } from 'd3';
 import { log } from '../logger.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
 import { evaluate } from '../diagrams/common/common.js';
-import { decodeEntities } from '../mermaidAPI.js';
+import { decodeEntities } from '../utils.js';
 
 /**
  * @param dom
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/shapes/util.js b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/shapes/util.js
index fbcb5198f..079125e3a 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/shapes/util.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/shapes/util.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import createLabel from '../createLabel.js';
 import { createText } from '../../rendering-util/createText.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
-import { decodeEntities } from '../../mermaidAPI.js';
 import { select } from 'd3';
 import { evaluate, sanitizeText } from '../../diagrams/common/common.js';
+import { decodeEntities } from '../../utils.js';
 
 export const labelHelper = async (parent, node, _classes, isNode) => {
   let classes;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/createText.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/createText.ts
index a15b92193..2b48cf5f3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/createText.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/createText.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import type { Group } from '../diagram-api/types.js';
 import type { D3TSpanElement, D3TextElement } from '../diagrams/common/commonTypes.js';
 import { log } from '../logger.js';
-import { decodeEntities } from '../mermaidAPI.js';
 import { markdownToHTML, markdownToLines } from '../rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.js';
+import { decodeEntities } from '../utils.js';
 import { splitLineToFitWidth } from './splitText.js';
 import type { MarkdownLine, MarkdownWord } from './types.js';