diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
index 0c8401dbb..2abc8b3c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pytest pyflakes asv pytest-cov codecov lxml matplotlib packaging "mypy<1.0.0"
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pytest pyflakes asv pytest-cov codecov lxml matplotlib packaging mypy
       - if: ${{matrix.platform == 'macos-latest'}}
         name: Install MacOS deps
         run: |
diff --git a/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/log_utils.py b/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/log_utils.py
index 1519ee980..f3bc68f6d 100644
--- a/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/log_utils.py
+++ b/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/log_utils.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 if int(python_version[1]) < 9 and int(python_version[0]) == 3:
     import importlib_resources
 else:
-    # see: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/1153
-    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources # type: ignore
+    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
 
 import functools
 import sys
diff --git a/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/tests/conftest.py b/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/tests/conftest.py
index 8ac6dc8e1..c51ecad37 100644
--- a/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/darshan-util/pydarshan/darshan/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 if int(python_version[1]) < 9 and int(python_version[0]) == 3:
     import importlib_resources
 else:
-    # see: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/1153
-    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources # type: ignore
+    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
 
 
 import pytest