diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/arcgis_loader.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/arcgis_loader.py
index 4958ef2ce6a..24264b0add7 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/arcgis_loader.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/arcgis_loader.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ArcGISLoader(BaseLoader):
             ) from e
 
         try:
-            from bs4 import BeautifulSoup  # type: ignore
+            from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
             self.BEAUTIFULSOUP = BeautifulSoup
         except ImportError:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py
index ee040ab513d..3b1b4060b98 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/assemblyai.py
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ class AssemblyAIAudioLoaderById(BaseLoader):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, transcript_id, api_key, transcript_format):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
+    def __init__(
+        self, transcript_id: str, api_key: str, transcript_format: TranscriptFormat
+    ):
         """
         Initializes the AssemblyAI AssemblyAIAudioLoaderById.
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/astradb.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/astradb.py
index 4cc1621a39d..8a78e287a6e 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/astradb.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/astradb.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class AstraDBLoader(BaseLoader):
         return list(self.lazy_load())
 
     def lazy_load(self) -> Iterator[Document]:
-        queue = Queue(self.nb_prefetched)  # type: ignore[var-annotated]
+        queue = Queue(self.nb_prefetched)  # type: ignore
         t = threading.Thread(target=self.fetch_results, args=(queue,))
         t.start()
         while True:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/blob_loaders/file_system.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/blob_loaders/file_system.py
index d9c8ebf8833..ee756f32ed7 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/blob_loaders/file_system.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/blob_loaders/file_system.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def _make_iterator(
     length_func: Callable[[], int], show_progress: bool = False
 ) -> Callable[[Iterable[T]], Iterator[T]]:
     """Create a function that optionally wraps an iterable in tqdm."""
+    iterator: Callable[[Iterable[T]], Iterator[T]]
     if show_progress:
         try:
             from tqdm.auto import tqdm
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ def _make_iterator(
 
         iterator = _with_tqdm
     else:
-        iterator = iter  # type: ignore
+        iterator = iter
 
     return iterator
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
index 92198ac5bac..28d340e5fbd 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class CSVLoader(BaseLoader):
     def __read_file(self, csvfile: TextIOWrapper) -> List[Document]:
         docs = []
 
-        csv_reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile, **self.csv_args)  # type: ignore
+        csv_reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile, **self.csv_args)
         for i, row in enumerate(csv_reader):
             try:
                 source = (
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/directory.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/directory.py
index 3837133a693..7cfa456487c 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/directory.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/directory.py
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ class DirectoryLoader(BaseLoader):
 
         if self.sample_size > 0:
             if self.randomize_sample:
-                randomizer = (
-                    random.Random(self.sample_seed) if self.sample_seed else random
+                randomizer = random.Random(
+                    self.sample_seed if self.sample_seed else None
                 )
-                randomizer.shuffle(items)  # type: ignore
+                randomizer.shuffle(items)
             items = items[: min(len(items), self.sample_size)]
 
         pbar = None
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py
index 97c02b2111b..8d97ecd3df4 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
 
     def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         try:
-            from git import Blob, Repo  # type: ignore
+            from git import Blob, Repo
         except ImportError as ex:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import git python package. "
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
 
             file_path = os.path.join(self.repo_path, item.path)
 
-            ignored_files = repo.ignored([file_path])  # type: ignore
+            ignored_files = repo.ignored([file_path])
             if len(ignored_files):
                 continue
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/javascript.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/javascript.py
index 0f2fea68fa2..27a360a2e6c 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/javascript.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/javascript.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, List
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers.language.code_segmenter import (
     CodeSegmenter,
@@ -55,15 +55,18 @@ class JavaScriptSegmenter(CodeSegmenter):
         tree = esprima.parseScript(self.code, loc=True)
         simplified_lines = self.source_lines[:]
 
+        indices_to_del: List[Tuple[int, int]] = []
         for node in tree.body:
             if isinstance(
                 node,
                 (esprima.nodes.FunctionDeclaration, esprima.nodes.ClassDeclaration),
             ):
-                start = node.loc.start.line - 1
+                start, end = node.loc.start.line - 1, node.loc.end.line
                 simplified_lines[start] = f"// Code for: {simplified_lines[start]}"
 
-                for line_num in range(start + 1, node.loc.end.line):
-                    simplified_lines[line_num] = None  # type: ignore
+                indices_to_del.append((start + 1, end))
 
-        return "\n".join(line for line in simplified_lines if line is not None)
+        for start, end in reversed(indices_to_del):
+            del simplified_lines[start + 0 : end]
+
+        return "\n".join(line for line in simplified_lines)
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/python.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/python.py
index ca810946bd4..52dbc68352a 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/python.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/parsers/language/python.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import ast
-from typing import Any, List
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers.language.code_segmenter import (
     CodeSegmenter,
@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ class PythonSegmenter(CodeSegmenter):
         tree = ast.parse(self.code)
         simplified_lines = self.source_lines[:]
 
+        indices_to_del: List[Tuple[int, int]] = []
         for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(tree):
             if isinstance(node, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef, ast.ClassDef)):
-                start = node.lineno - 1
+                start, end = node.lineno - 1, node.end_lineno
                 simplified_lines[start] = f"# Code for: {simplified_lines[start]}"
+                assert isinstance(end, int)
+                indices_to_del.append((start + 1, end))
 
-                assert isinstance(node.end_lineno, int)
-                for line_num in range(start + 1, node.end_lineno):
-                    simplified_lines[line_num] = None  # type: ignore
+        for start, end in reversed(indices_to_del):
+            del simplified_lines[start + 0 : end]
 
-        return "\n".join(line for line in simplified_lines if line is not None)
+        return "\n".join(simplified_lines)
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py
index 60c2e7fe482..ea086054110 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/pdf.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class PDFMinerPDFasHTMLLoader(BasePDFLoader):
         output_string = StringIO()
         with open_filename(self.file_path, "rb") as fp:
             extract_text_to_fp(
-                fp,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                fp,
                 output_string,
                 codec="",
                 laparams=LAParams(),
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py
index c24ab1730fd..08887659841 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ class RecursiveUrlLoader(BaseLoader):
             visited: A set of visited URLs.
             depth: To reach the current url, how many pages have been visited.
         """
+        if not self.use_async or not self._lock:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Async functions forbidden when not initialized with `use_async`"
+            )
+
         try:
             import aiohttp
         except ImportError:
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@ class RecursiveUrlLoader(BaseLoader):
                 headers=self.headers,
             )
         )
-        async with self._lock:  # type: ignore
+        async with self._lock:
             visited.add(url)
         try:
             async with session.get(url) as response:
@@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ class RecursiveUrlLoader(BaseLoader):
 
             # Recursively call the function to get the children of the children
             sub_tasks = []
-            async with self._lock:  # type: ignore
+            async with self._lock:
                 to_visit = set(sub_links).difference(visited)
                 for link in to_visit:
                     sub_tasks.append(