diff --git a/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_memorycache.py b/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_memorycache.py
index d092a9c450..110f7d5d9b 100644
--- a/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_memorycache.py
+++ b/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_memorycache.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import IEContentProvider, BuiltInIEC
 from yt_dlp.utils import bug_reports_message
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._builtin.memory_cache import MemoryLRUPCP, memorylru_preference, initialize_global_cache
 from yt_dlp.version import __version__
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_memory_cache, _pot_cache_providers
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import _pot_cache_providers, _pot_memory_cache
 
 
 class TestMemoryLRUPCS:
diff --git a/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_webpospec.py b/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_webpospec.py
index 291f8942c5..65186eeaa0 100644
--- a/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_webpospec.py
+++ b/test/test_pot/test_pot_builtin_webpospec.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
 from yt_dlp.version import __version__
 
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._builtin.webpo_cachespec import WebPoPCSP
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_pcs_providers
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import _pot_pcs_providers
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
diff --git a/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py b/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py
index 7992aaf181..906a335c8f 100644
--- a/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py
+++ b/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
 
 import yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache as cache
 
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_cache_providers, _pot_cache_provider_preferences, _pot_pcs_providers
-
 from yt_dlp.networking import Request
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
     PoTokenResponse,
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
     register_preference,
 )
 
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_providers, _ptp_preferences
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import _pot_providers, _ptp_preferences, _pot_pcs_providers, _pot_cache_providers, _pot_cache_provider_preferences
 
 
 class ExamplePTP(PoTokenProvider):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_builtin/memory_cache.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_builtin/memory_cache.py
index 318f6781a0..95e1c775f0 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_builtin/memory_cache.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_builtin/memory_cache.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from threading import Lock
 
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import BuiltInIEContentProvider
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import _pot_memory_cache
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     PoTokenCacheProvider,
     register_preference,
     register_provider,
 )
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_memory_cache
 
 
 def initialize_global_cache(max_size: int):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_director.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_director.py
index 96d2bad348..7df4658ac5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_director.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_director.py
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import (
     IEContentProvider,
     IEContentProviderLogger,
 )
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import (
+    _pot_cache_provider_preferences,
+    _pot_cache_providers,
+    _pot_pcs_providers,
+    _pot_providers,
+    _ptp_preferences,
+)
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     CacheProviderWritePolicy,
     PoTokenCacheProvider,
@@ -30,13 +37,6 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
     PoTokenResponse,
     provider_bug_report_message,
 )
-from yt_dlp.globals import (
-    _pot_cache_provider_preferences,
-    _pot_cache_providers,
-    _pot_pcs_providers,
-    _pot_providers,
-    _ptp_preferences,
-)
 from yt_dlp.utils import ExtractorError, bug_reports_message, format_field, join_nonempty, traverse_obj
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_registry.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_registry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c72a622c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/_registry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from yt_dlp.globals import Indirect
+
+_pot_providers = Indirect({})
+_ptp_preferences = Indirect(set())
+_pot_pcs_providers = Indirect({})
+_pot_cache_providers = Indirect({})
+_pot_cache_provider_preferences = Indirect(set())
+_pot_memory_cache = Indirect({})
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py
index f9fc501719..795b0f57f6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import (
     register_preference_generic,
     register_provider_generic,
 )
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import (
+    _pot_cache_provider_preferences,
+    _pot_cache_providers,
+    _pot_pcs_providers,
+)
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import PoTokenRequest
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_cache_provider_preferences, _pot_cache_providers, _pot_pcs_providers
 
 
 class PoTokenCacheProviderError(IEContentProviderError):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/provider.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/provider.py
index 29f49436a1..94ed30dcd5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/provider.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/provider.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import (
     register_preference_generic,
     register_provider_generic,
 )
-from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_providers, _ptp_preferences
+from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._registry import _pot_providers, _ptp_preferences
 from yt_dlp.networking import Request
 from yt_dlp.utils import traverse_obj
 from yt_dlp.utils.networking import HTTPHeaderDict
diff --git a/yt_dlp/globals.py b/yt_dlp/globals.py
index 8693b02f04..0cf276cc9e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/globals.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/globals.py
@@ -28,12 +28,3 @@ plugin_ies_overrides = Indirect(defaultdict(list))
 # Misc
 IN_CLI = Indirect(False)
 LAZY_EXTRACTORS = Indirect(None)  # `False`=force, `None`=disabled, `True`=enabled
-
-
-# YouTube extractor - Internal only
-_pot_providers = Indirect({})
-_ptp_preferences = Indirect(set())
-_pot_pcs_providers = Indirect({})
-_pot_cache_providers = Indirect({})
-_pot_cache_provider_preferences = Indirect(set())
-_pot_memory_cache = Indirect({})