diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/period.py b/pandas/core/arrays/period.py
index a21d9e67e49e5..78cc54db4b1b8 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/period.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/period.py
@@ -831,7 +831,9 @@ def _raise_on_incompatible(left, right):
 
 
 def period_array(
-    data: Sequence[Optional[Period]], freq: Optional[Tick] = None, copy: bool = False
+    data: Sequence[Optional[Period]],
+    freq: Optional[Union[str, Tick]] = None,
+    copy: bool = False,
 ) -> PeriodArray:
     """
     Construct a new PeriodArray from a sequence of Period scalars.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f32deff9dafb8..c9ba13443e97c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -136,15 +136,9 @@ ignore_errors=True
 [mypy-pandas.tests.arithmetic.test_datetime64]
 ignore_errors=True
 
-[mypy-pandas.tests.arrays.test_array]
-ignore_errors=True
-
 [mypy-pandas.tests.arrays.test_datetimelike]
 ignore_errors=True
 
-[mypy-pandas.tests.arrays.test_period]
-ignore_errors=True
-
 [mypy-pandas.tests.dtypes.test_common]
 ignore_errors=True
 
@@ -190,9 +184,6 @@ ignore_errors=True
 [mypy-pandas.tests.series.test_operators]
 ignore_errors=True
 
-[mypy-pandas.tests.test_base]
-ignore_errors=True
-
 [mypy-pandas.tests.tseries.offsets.test_offsets]
 ignore_errors=True