diff --git a/pandas/_libs/include/pandas/vendored/klib/khash_python.h b/pandas/_libs/include/pandas/vendored/klib/khash_python.h
index 56afea049c1ec..76b212a4b4660 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/include/pandas/vendored/klib/khash_python.h
+++ b/pandas/_libs/include/pandas/vendored/klib/khash_python.h
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 
 
-// use numpy's definitions for complex
-#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
-typedef npy_complex64 khcomplex64_t;
-typedef npy_complex128 khcomplex128_t;
+typedef struct {
+    float real;
+    float imag;
+} khcomplex64_t;
+typedef struct {
+    double real;
+    double imag;
+} khcomplex128_t;
 
 
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_printing.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_printing.py
index d21da4ec93318..2d0dc0d937709 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_printing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/test_printing.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def test_multiindex_long_element():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("as_frame", [True, False])
 def test_ser_df_with_complex_nans(data, output, as_frame):
     # GH#53762, GH#53841
-    obj = pd.Series(data)
+    obj = pd.Series(np.array(data))
     if as_frame:
         obj = obj.to_frame(name="val")
         reprs = [f"{i} {val}" for i, val in enumerate(output)]
@@ -245,4 +245,4 @@ def test_ser_df_with_complex_nans(data, output, as_frame):
     else:
         reprs = [f"{i}   {val}" for i, val in enumerate(output)]
         expected = "\n".join(reprs) + "\ndtype: complex128"
-    assert str(obj) == expected
+    assert str(obj) == expected, f"\n{str(obj)}\n\n{expected}"