diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 623121d766..04817d55bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ banned-from = [
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_os_name".msg = "Use `os.name` instead."
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_realpath".msg = "Use `os.path.realpath` instead."
 "yt_dlp.utils.decodeOption".msg = "Do not use"
+"yt_dlp.utils.compiled_regex_type".msg = "Use `re.Pattern` instead."
 
 [tool.autopep8]
 max_line_length = 120
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_deprecated.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_deprecated.py
index 85649a534f..e4762699b7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_deprecated.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_deprecated.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ passthrough_module(__name__, '.._legacy', callback=lambda attr: warnings.warn(
 del passthrough_module
 
 
+import re
 import struct
 
 
@@ -25,3 +26,6 @@ def intlist_to_bytes(xs):
     if not xs:
         return b''
     return struct.pack('%dB' % len(xs), *xs)
+
+
+compiled_regex_type = type(re.compile(''))
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index 7fd0ed2a40..c5396789f7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ from ..dependencies import xattr
 
 __name__ = __name__.rsplit('.', 1)[0]  # noqa: A001: Pretend to be the parent module
 
-# This is not clearly defined otherwise
-compiled_regex_type = type(re.compile(''))
-
 
 class NO_DEFAULT:
     pass