diff --git a/news/a9950589-8b92-4ec1-a3a1-a6657cf6fd5b.trivial.rst b/news/a9950589-8b92-4ec1-a3a1-a6657cf6fd5b.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/utils/logging.py b/src/pip/_internal/utils/logging.py
index 9fd1d42c7..6e1aff123 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/utils/logging.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/utils/logging.py
@@ -20,31 +20,11 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 try:
-    # Use "import as" and set colorama in the else clause to avoid mypy
-    # errors and get the following correct revealed type for colorama:
-    # `Union[_importlib_modulespec.ModuleType, None]`
-    # Otherwise, we get an error like the following in the except block:
-    #  > Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "None",
-    #   variable has type Module)
-    # TODO: eliminate the need to use "import as" once mypy addresses some
-    #  of its issues with conditional imports. Here is an umbrella issue:
-    #  https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/1297
-    from pip._vendor import colorama as _colorama
+    from pip._vendor import colorama
 # Lots of different errors can come from this, including SystemError and
 # ImportError.
 except Exception:
     colorama = None
-else:
-    # Import Fore explicitly rather than accessing below as colorama.Fore
-    # to avoid the following error running mypy:
-    # > Module has no attribute "Fore"
-    # TODO: eliminate the need to import Fore once mypy addresses some of its
-    #  issues with conditional imports. This particular case could be an
-    #  instance of the following issue (but also see the umbrella issue above):
-    #  https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/3500
-    from pip._vendor.colorama import Fore
-
-    colorama = _colorama
 
 
 _log_state = threading.local()
@@ -162,8 +142,8 @@ class ColorizedStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
     if colorama:
         COLORS = [
             # This needs to be in order from highest logging level to lowest.
-            (logging.ERROR, _color_wrap(Fore.RED)),
-            (logging.WARNING, _color_wrap(Fore.YELLOW)),
+            (logging.ERROR, _color_wrap(colorama.Fore.RED)),
+            (logging.WARNING, _color_wrap(colorama.Fore.YELLOW)),
         ]
     else:
         COLORS = []