diff --git a/unstructured/documents/elements.py b/unstructured/documents/elements.py
index dbf4c4d3ef..76b2a79df1 100644
--- a/unstructured/documents/elements.py
+++ b/unstructured/documents/elements.py
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 
 from typing_extensions import ParamSpec, TypeAlias, TypedDict
 
-from unstructured.documents.coordinates import (
-    TYPE_TO_COORDINATE_SYSTEM_MAP,
-    CoordinateSystem,
-    RelativeCoordinateSystem,
-)
-from unstructured.partition.utils.constants import UNSTRUCTURED_INCLUDE_DEBUG_METADATA
+from unstructured.documents.coordinates import (TYPE_TO_COORDINATE_SYSTEM_MAP,
+                                                CoordinateSystem,
+                                                RelativeCoordinateSystem)
+from unstructured.partition.utils.constants import \
+    UNSTRUCTURED_INCLUDE_DEBUG_METADATA
 from unstructured.utils import get_call_args_applying_defaults, lazyproperty
 
 Point: TypeAlias = "tuple[float, float]"
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """
         from unstructured.staging.base import elements_to_base64_gzipped_json
 
-        meta_dict = copy.deepcopy(dict(self.fields))
+        meta_dict = dict(self.fields)
 
         # -- remove fields that should not be serialized --
         for field_name in self.DEBUG_FIELD_NAMES:
@@ -1036,6 +1035,8 @@ def _kvform_rehydrate_internal_elements(kv_pairs: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[
     """
     from unstructured.staging.base import elements_from_dicts
 
+    Points: TypeAlias = "tuple[Point, ...]"
+
     # safe to overwrite - deepcopy already happened
     for kv_pair in kv_pairs:
         if kv_pair["key"]["custom_element"] is not None: