diff --git a/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json b/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
index 3f359c5abc9..dd1e9b9eda7 100644
--- a/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
+++ b/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 [
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory_resolver.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/ng_module_factory.ts"
-  ],
   [
     "packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/jit/directive.ts"
diff --git a/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts b/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts
index c5d12702591..b3eae21cc7c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
-import {ChangeDetectorRef} from '../change_detection/change_detection';
-import {Injector} from '../di/injector';
-import {EnvironmentInjector} from '../di/r3_injector';
+import type {ChangeDetectorRef} from '../change_detection/change_detection';
+import type {Injector} from '../di/injector';
+import type {EnvironmentInjector} from '../di/r3_injector';
 import {Type} from '../interface/type';
 
-import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
-import {NgModuleRef} from './ng_module_factory';
-import {ViewRef} from './view_ref';
+import type {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
+import type {NgModuleRef} from './ng_module_factory';
+import type {ViewRef} from './view_ref';
 
 /**
  * Represents a component created by a `ComponentFactory`.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory_resolver.ts b/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory_resolver.ts
index 20abce0b1e4..e3772a66c92 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory_resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/linker/component_factory_resolver.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {Type} from '../interface/type';
 import {stringify} from '../util/stringify';
 
-import {ComponentFactory} from './component_factory';
+import type {ComponentFactory} from './component_factory';
 
 class _NullComponentFactoryResolver implements ComponentFactoryResolver {
   resolveComponentFactory<T>(component: {new (...args: any[]): T}): ComponentFactory<T> {