diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts
index af5d2702a2b4..c1c01d7ece7b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import { relative } from 'pathe'
-import type { File, Task, TaskResultPack, UserConsoleLog } from '../types'
+import type { File, Task, TaskResultPack } from '@vitest/runner'
 
 // can't import actual functions from utils, because it's incompatible with @vitest/browsers
-import type { AggregateError as AggregateErrorPonyfill } from '../utils'
+import type { AggregateError as AggregateErrorPonyfill } from '../utils/base'
+import type { UserConsoleLog } from '../types/general'
 import type { WorkspaceProject } from './workspace'
 
-interface CollectingPromise {
-  promise: Promise<void>
-  resolve: () => void
-}
-
 export function isAggregateError(err: unknown): err is AggregateErrorPonyfill {
   if (typeof AggregateError !== 'undefined' && err instanceof AggregateError)
     return true
@@ -21,7 +17,6 @@ export function isAggregateError(err: unknown): err is AggregateErrorPonyfill {
 export class StateManager {
   filesMap = new Map<string, File[]>()
   pathsSet: Set<string> = new Set()
-  collectingPromise: CollectingPromise | undefined = undefined
   browserTestPromises = new Map<string, { resolve: (v: unknown) => void; reject: (v: unknown) => void }>()
   idMap = new Map<string, Task>()
   taskFileMap = new WeakMap<Task, File>()
@@ -92,7 +87,9 @@ export class StateManager {
     })
   }
 
-  clearFiles(project: WorkspaceProject, paths: string[] = []) {
+  // this file is reused by ws-client, and shoult not rely on heavy dependencies like workspace
+  clearFiles(_project: { config: { name: string } }, paths: string[] = []) {
+    const project = _project as WorkspaceProject
     paths.forEach((path) => {
       const files = this.filesMap.get(path)
       if (!files)
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts
index 151de2a8cdf8..0f049b0265e8 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/base.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Arrayable, Nullable } from '../types'
+import type { Arrayable, Nullable } from '../types/general'
 
 export { notNullish, getCallLastIndex } from '@vitest/utils'
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/tasks.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/tasks.ts
index 96620cd73127..54b613b76f73 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/tasks.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getNames, getTests } from '@vitest/runner/utils'
-import type { Arrayable, Suite, Task } from '../types'
+import type { Suite, Task } from '@vitest/runner'
+import type { Arrayable } from '../types/general'
 import { toArray } from './base'
 
 export { getTasks, getTests, getSuites, hasTests, hasFailed, getNames } from '@vitest/runner/utils'