diff --git a/stdlib/collections/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/collections/__init__.pyi
index e8f4c99d1..8ed449ab8 100644
--- a/stdlib/collections/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/collections/__init__.pyi
@@ -206,20 +206,10 @@ class deque(MutableSequence[_T], Generic[_T]):
     def __len__(self) -> int: ...
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[_T]: ...
     def __str__(self) -> str: ...
-    # These methods of deque don't really take slices, but we need to
-    # define them as taking a slice to satisfy MutableSequence.
-    @overload
-    def __getitem__(self, __index: SupportsIndex) -> _T: ...
-    @overload
-    def __getitem__(self, __s: slice) -> MutableSequence[_T]: ...
-    @overload
-    def __setitem__(self, __i: SupportsIndex, __x: _T) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def __setitem__(self, __s: slice, __o: Iterable[_T]) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def __delitem__(self, __i: SupportsIndex) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def __delitem__(self, __s: slice) -> None: ...
+    # These methods of deque don't take slices, unlike MutableSequence, hence the type: ignores
+    def __getitem__(self, __index: SupportsIndex) -> _T: ...  # type: ignore[override]
+    def __setitem__(self, __i: SupportsIndex, __x: _T) -> None: ...  # type: ignore[override]
+    def __delitem__(self, __i: SupportsIndex) -> None: ...  # type: ignore[override]
     def __contains__(self, __o: object) -> bool: ...
     def __reduce__(self: Self) -> tuple[Type[Self], tuple[()], None, Iterator[_T]]: ...
     def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[_T]: ...