diff --git a/pandas/_typing.py b/pandas/_typing.py
index d677564b5455e..588aa00116231 100644
--- a/pandas/_typing.py
+++ b/pandas/_typing.py
@@ -120,15 +120,13 @@
 Frequency = Union[str, "DateOffset"]
 Axes = Collection[Any]
 
-# BitGenerator isn't exposed until 1.18
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    RandomState = Union[
-        int,
-        ArrayLike,
-        np.random.Generator,
-        np.random.BitGenerator,
-        np.random.RandomState,
-    ]
+RandomState = Union[
+    int,
+    ArrayLike,
+    np.random.Generator,
+    np.random.BitGenerator,
+    np.random.RandomState,
+]
 
 # dtypes
 NpDtype = Union[str, np.dtype]
diff --git a/pandas/core/common.py b/pandas/core/common.py
index 922959938b944..37674cdb34aec 100644
--- a/pandas/core/common.py
+++ b/pandas/core/common.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     AnyArrayLike,
     ArrayLike,
     NpDtype,
+    RandomState,
     Scalar,
     T,
 )
@@ -52,9 +53,6 @@
 from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import isna
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    # Includes BitGenerator, which only exists >= 1.18
-    from pandas._typing import RandomState
-
     from pandas import Index
 
 
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index f1a5a565fc861..1fc42a60f3d88 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     JSONSerializable,
     Level,
     Manager,
+    RandomState,
     Renamer,
     StorageOptions,
     T,
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
     from pandas._libs.tslibs import BaseOffset
-    from pandas._typing import RandomState
 
     from pandas.core.frame import DataFrame
     from pandas.core.resample import Resampler
diff --git a/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py b/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
index ba80f7329202d..5f462de19a398 100644
--- a/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class providing the base-class of operations.
 from textwrap import dedent
 import types
 from typing import (
-    TYPE_CHECKING,
     Callable,
     Hashable,
     Iterable,
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ class providing the base-class of operations.
     F,
     FrameOrSeries,
     IndexLabel,
+    RandomState,
     Scalar,
     T,
     final,
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ class providing the base-class of operations.
     maybe_use_numba,
 )
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-
-    from pandas._typing import RandomState
-
 _common_see_also = """
         See Also
         --------