diff --git a/excalidraw-app/collab/Portal.tsx b/excalidraw-app/collab/Portal.tsx
index 6570944c..bf8ffa5d 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/collab/Portal.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/collab/Portal.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import type { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 
 class Portal {
   collab: TCollabClass;
-  socket: SocketIOClient.Socket | null = null;
+  socket: Socket | null = null;
   socketInitialized: boolean = false; // we don't want the socket to emit any updates until it is fully initialized
   roomId: string | null = null;
   roomKey: string | null = null;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Portal {
     this.collab = collab;
   }
 
-  open(socket: SocketIOClient.Socket, id: string, key: string) {
+  open(socket: Socket, id: string, key: string) {
     this.socket = socket;
     this.roomId = id;
     this.roomKey = key;
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/data/StorageBackend.ts b/excalidraw-app/data/StorageBackend.ts
index 7aeff9c1..6ecd6f60 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/data/StorageBackend.ts
+++ b/excalidraw-app/data/StorageBackend.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { SyncableExcalidrawElement } from ".";
 import { ExcalidrawElement, FileId } from "../../packages/excalidraw/element/types";
 import { AppState, BinaryFileData } from "../../packages/excalidraw/types";
 import Portal from "../collab/Portal";
+import type { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 
 export interface StorageBackend {
   isSaved: (portal: Portal, elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[]) => boolean;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export interface StorageBackend {
   loadFromStorageBackend: (
     roomId: string,
     roomKey: string,
-    socket: SocketIOClient.Socket | null,
+    socket: Socket | null,
   ) => Promise<readonly ExcalidrawElement[] | null>;
   saveFilesToStorageBackend: ({
     prefix,
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/data/firebase.ts b/excalidraw-app/data/firebase.ts
index 9351a783..a8277651 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/data/firebase.ts
+++ b/excalidraw-app/data/firebase.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { MIME_TYPES } from "../../packages/excalidraw/constants";
 import { reconcileElements } from "../collab/reconciliation";
 import { getSyncableElements, SyncableExcalidrawElement } from ".";
 import { ResolutionType } from "../../packages/excalidraw/utility-types";
-import { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
+import type { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 
 // private
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ const decryptElements = async (
 };
 
 class FirebaseSceneVersionCache {
-  private static cache = new WeakMap<SocketIOClient.Socket, number>();
-  static get = (socket: SocketIOClient.Socket) => {
+  private static cache = new WeakMap<Socket, number>();
+  static get = (socket: Socket) => {
     return FirebaseSceneVersionCache.cache.get(socket);
   };
   static set = (
-    socket: SocketIOClient.Socket,
+    socket: Socket,
     elements: readonly SyncableExcalidrawElement[],
   ) => {
     FirebaseSceneVersionCache.cache.set(socket, getSceneVersion(elements));
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export const saveToFirebase = async (
 export const loadFromFirebase = async (
   roomId: string,
   roomKey: string,
-  socket: SocketIOClient.Socket | null,
+  socket: Socket | null,
 ): Promise<readonly ExcalidrawElement[] | null> => {
   const firebase = await loadFirestore();
   const db = firebase.firestore();
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/data/httpStorage.ts b/excalidraw-app/data/httpStorage.ts
index 4a3c89e2..375833c0 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/data/httpStorage.ts
+++ b/excalidraw-app/data/httpStorage.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import Portal from "../collab/Portal";
 import { reconcileElements } from "../collab/reconciliation";
 import { StoredScene } from "./StorageBackend";
+import type { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 
 const HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_APP_HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND_URL;
 const SCENE_VERSION_LENGTH_BYTES = 4
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const SCENE_VERSION_LENGTH_BYTES = 4
 // to prevent modifying upstream files and ease futur maintenance of this fork
 
 const httpStorageSceneVersionCache = new WeakMap<
-  SocketIOClient.Socket,
+  Socket,
   number
 >();
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ export const saveToHttpStorage = async (
 export const loadFromHttpStorage = async (
   roomId: string,
   roomKey: string,
-  socket: SocketIOClient.Socket | null,
+  socket: Socket | null,
 ): Promise<readonly ExcalidrawElement[] | null> => {
   const HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_APP_HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND_URL;
   const getResponse = await fetch(