diff --git a/falcon/hooks.py b/falcon/hooks.py
index dcecc676d..354f0d0e1 100644
--- a/falcon/hooks.py
+++ b/falcon/hooks.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from falcon.util.misc import get_argnames
 from falcon.util.sync import _wrap_non_coroutine_unsafe
 
-if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     import falcon as wsgi
     from falcon import asgi
 
diff --git a/falcon/media/handlers.py b/falcon/media/handlers.py
index 736e2bb79..f40f6312b 100644
--- a/falcon/media/handlers.py
+++ b/falcon/media/handlers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from falcon.util import misc
 from falcon.vendor import mimeparse
 
-if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:   # pragma: no cover
     from typing import Mapping
     from falcon.typing import Serializer