diff --git a/stubs/mypy-extensions/mypy_extensions.pyi b/stubs/mypy-extensions/mypy_extensions.pyi
index fc6de37d07d1..dd182c485177 100644
--- a/stubs/mypy-extensions/mypy_extensions.pyi
+++ b/stubs/mypy-extensions/mypy_extensions.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import abc
 import sys
-from typing import Any, Callable, Generic, ItemsView, KeysView, Mapping, Type, TypeVar, Union, ValuesView
+from typing import Any, Callable, Generic, ItemsView, KeysView, Mapping, Type, TypeVar, ValuesView
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 _U = TypeVar("_U")
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ def VarArg(type: _T = ...) -> _T: ...
 def KwArg(type: _T = ...) -> _T: ...
 
 # Return type that indicates a function does not return.
-# This type is equivalent to the None type, but the no-op Union is necessary to
-# distinguish the None type from the None value.
-NoReturn = Union[None]  # Deprecated: Use typing.NoReturn instead.
+# Deprecated: Use typing.NoReturn instead.
+class NoReturn: ...
 
 # This is intended as a class decorator, but mypy rejects abstract classes
 # when a Type[_T] is expected, so we can't give it the type we want