diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/geom/main.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/geom/main.py
index 30c2233a89..cf1189ad3c 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/geom/main.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/geom/main.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Optional, TypeVar, Union, cast,
 
 from .. import ifcopenshell_wrapper, open
 from ..entity_instance import entity_instance
-from ..file import file
+from ..ifcopenshell_wrapper import file
 from . import has_occ
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -625,8 +625,9 @@ def make_shape_function(fn):
     return _
 
 
-serialise = make_shape_function(ifcopenshell_wrapper.serialise)
-tesselate = make_shape_function(ifcopenshell_wrapper.tesselate)
+if hasattr(ifcopenshell_wrapper, "serialise"):
+    serialise = make_shape_function(ifcopenshell_wrapper.serialise)
+    tesselate = make_shape_function(ifcopenshell_wrapper.tesselate)
 
 
 def transform_string(v: Union[str, serializers.buffer]) -> serializers.buffer:
@@ -659,7 +660,8 @@ class serializers:
 
     # Hdf- Xml- and glTF- serializers don't support writing to a buffer, only to filename
     # so no wrap_buffer_creation() for these serializers
-    xml = ifcopenshell_wrapper.XmlSerializer
+    if hasattr(ifcopenshell_wrapper, "XmlSerializer"):
+        xml = ifcopenshell_wrapper.XmlSerializer
     buffer = ifcopenshell_wrapper.buffer
     # gltf, hdf5, collada and json availability depend on IfcOpenShell configuration settings
     try:
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py
index c9556fa708..6afbc8a1f6 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try:
 
     from . import ifcopenshell_wrapper
     from .entity_instance import entity_instance
-    from .file import file
+    from .ifcopenshell_wrapper import file
 
     class StreamTransformer(Transformer):
         file: file