diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/index.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/index.ts
index 6a4fa9a17..32f8a05c2 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/index.ts
@@ -74,10 +74,16 @@ export const plugin: PluginFunction<
     }`;
   }
 
+  const commonTypes = [];
+  if (config.inlineCommonTypes && content.includes("Maybe<")) {
+    commonTypes.push(`type Maybe<T> = T | null;`);
+  }
+
   return {
     prepend: [
       ...visitor.getImports(),
       ...visitor.getGlobalDeclarations(visitor.config.noExport),
+      ...commonTypes,
     ],
     content,
   };
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts
index a006d6f9a..ce03bc884 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { Kind, TypeNode } from "graphql";
 
 const BASIC_TYPES = ["string", "number", "boolean", "any"];
 export class TypeScriptOperationVariablesToObject extends TSOperationVariablesToObject {
-  public isMaybeUsed = false;
   public immutableTypes: boolean;
 
   constructor(
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ export class TypeScriptOperationVariablesToObject extends TSOperationVariablesTo
     _enumValues: ParsedEnumValuesMap = {},
     _applyCoercion = false,
     protected inlineCommonTypes = false,
-    protected setIsMaybeUsed: () => void,
   ) {
     super(
       _scalars,
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ export class TypeScriptOperationVariablesToObject extends TSOperationVariablesTo
 
   protected wrapMaybe(type?: string) {
     if (this.inlineCommonTypes) {
-      this.setIsMaybeUsed();
       return `Maybe${type ? `<${type}>` : ""}`;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/visitor.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/visitor.ts
index 06eb60cb6..742979745 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-typescript-operations/src/visitor.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
   TypeScriptDocumentsParsedConfig
 > {
   private usedTypes: Set<string>;
-  private isMaybeUsed = false;
   private isExactUsed = false;
 
   constructor(
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
 
     this.usedTypes = new Set();
     const wrapOptional = (type: string) => {
-      this.isMaybeUsed = true;
       const prefix =
         !this.config.inlineCommonTypes && this.config.namespacedImportName
           ? `${this.config.namespacedImportName}.`
@@ -144,7 +142,6 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
         this.config.enumValues,
         true,
         this.config.inlineCommonTypes,
-        this.setIsMaybeUsed.bind(this),
       ),
     );
     this._declarationBlockConfig = {
@@ -152,10 +149,6 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
     };
   }
 
-  public setIsMaybeUsed() {
-    this.isMaybeUsed = true;
-  }
-
   public getImports(): Array<string> {
     const imports = !this.config.globalNamespace
       ? this.config.fragmentImports
@@ -171,9 +164,6 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
           )
       : [];
 
-    if (this.config.inlineCommonTypes && this.isMaybeUsed) {
-      imports.push(`type Maybe<T> = T | null;`);
-    }
     if (this.config.inlineCommonTypes && this.isExactUsed) {
       imports.push(`type Exact<T extends { [key: string]: unknown }> = {
         [K in keyof T]: T[K];