Detailed steps to reproduce the problem?

It takes more than 500ms to import pymongo on windows 11.

`python -c "import time; start = time.perf_counter(); import pymongo; print(time.perf_counter() - start)"`
0.5733743999153376

Generating an import trace: (visualisation attached)

`python -X importtime -c "import pymongo; print(pymongo._version_)" 2> imports.log`

Definition of done: what must be done to consider the task complete?

Should not take more than 100ms just to import pymongo

The exact Python version used, with patch level:

$ python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

3.12.0 (tags/v3.12.0:0fb18b0, Oct  2 2023, 13:03:39) [MSC v.1935 64 bit (AMD64)]

The exact version of PyMongo used, with patch level:

$ python -c "import pymongo; print(pymongo.version); print(pymongo.has_c())"

4.7.2
True

The operating system and version (e.g. Windows 7, OSX 10.8, ...)

Windows 11