diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/completion_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/completion_cmd.py
index 1268abf84..152e3ae93 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/completion_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/completion_cmd.py
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ The following argument types have intelligent, context-aware completion:
 
 import shtab
 
-from jsonargparse._actions import _ActionSubCommands
-from jsonargparse._completions import prepare_actions_context, shtab_prepare_actions, bash_compgen_typehint
-
 from ._common import process_epilog
 from ..constants import *  # NOQA
 from ..helpers import (
@@ -69,6 +66,8 @@ from ..helpers import (
     parse_file_size,
 )
 from ..helpers.argparsing import ArgumentParser, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
+from ..helpers.argparsing import _ActionSubCommands
+from ..helpers.argparsing import prepare_actions_context, shtab_prepare_actions, bash_compgen_typehint
 from ..helpers.time import timestamp
 from ..helpers.parseformat import partial_format
 from ..manifest import AI_HUMAN_SORT_KEYS
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/argparsing.py b/src/borg/helpers/argparsing.py
index a726a6d8e..67d2026a2 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/argparsing.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/argparsing.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ from typing import Any
 from argparse import Action, ArgumentError, ArgumentTypeError, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter  # noqa: F401
 from jsonargparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace, SUPPRESS, REMAINDER  # noqa: F401
 
+# borg completion uses these private symbols, so we need to import them:
+from jsonargparse._actions import _ActionSubCommands  # noqa: F401
+from jsonargparse._completions import prepare_actions_context, shtab_prepare_actions  # noqa: F401
+from jsonargparse._completions import bash_compgen_typehint  # noqa: F401
+
 
 def flatten_namespace(ns: Any) -> Namespace:
     """