diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/insertElementsForSize.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/insertElementsForSize.ts
index 608854efe..9d43c03a3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/insertElementsForSize.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/insertElementsForSize.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,20 @@
-import { select } from 'd3';
 import type { SVG } from '../diagram-api/types.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
-import type { LayoutData, NonClusterNode } from './types.js';
-import type { SVGGroup } from '../diagram-api/types.js';
+import type { LayoutData } from './types.js';
 import { insertNode } from './rendering-elements/nodes.js';
 
-type Node = LayoutData['nodes'][number];
-
-interface LabelData {
-  width: number;
-  height: number;
-  wrappingWidth?: number;
-  labelNode?: SVGGElement | null;
-}
-
-interface NodeWithVertex extends Omit<Node, 'domId'> {
-  children?: unknown[];
-  labelData?: LabelData;
-  domId?: Node['domId'] | SVGGroup | d3.Selection<SVGAElement, unknown, Element | null, unknown>;
-}
-
-
-// export function insertElementsForSize(el: SVGElement, data: LayoutData): void {
-/**
- *
- * @param el
- * @param data
- */
-export function insertElementsForSize(el: SVG, data: LayoutData) {
+export async function insertElementsForSize(el: SVG, data: LayoutData) {
   const nodesElem = el.insert('g').attr('class', 'nodes');
   el.insert('g').attr('class', 'edges');
-  data.nodes.forEach(async (item) => {
+  for (const item of data.nodes) {
     if (!item.isGroup) {
-      const node = item as NonClusterNode;
+      const node = item;
       const config = getConfig();
       const newNode = await insertNode(nodesElem, node, { config, dir: node.dir });
-
       const boundingBox = newNode.node()!.getBBox();
       item.domId = newNode.attr('id');
       item.width = boundingBox.width;
       item.height = boundingBox.height;
     }
-  });
+  }
 }