diff --git a/stdlib/dataclasses.pyi b/stdlib/dataclasses.pyi
index d69bec7f6..c76b0b0e6 100644
--- a/stdlib/dataclasses.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/dataclasses.pyi
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def is_dataclass(obj: object) -> TypeIs[DataclassInstance | type[DataclassInstan
 
 class FrozenInstanceError(AttributeError): ...
 
-class InitVar(Generic[_T], metaclass=type):
+class InitVar(Generic[_T]):
     type: Type[_T]
     def __init__(self, type: Type[_T]) -> None: ...
     @overload