diff --git a/stdlib/http/client.pyi b/stdlib/http/client.pyi
index 2c75e7b37..08c3f2c8b 100644
--- a/stdlib/http/client.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/http/client.pyi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import types
 from _typeshed import Self, WriteableBuffer
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping
 from socket import socket
-from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, TypeVar, overload
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -137,18 +137,6 @@ class HTTPResponse(io.BufferedIOBase, BinaryIO):
     def getcode(self) -> int: ...
     def begin(self) -> None: ...
 
-# This is an API stub only for the class below, not a class itself.
-# urllib.request uses it for a parameter.
-class _HTTPConnectionProtocol(Protocol):
-    def __call__(
-        self,
-        host: str,
-        port: int | None = ...,
-        timeout: float = ...,
-        source_address: tuple[str, int] | None = ...,
-        blocksize: int = ...,
-    ) -> HTTPConnection: ...
-
 class HTTPConnection:
     auto_open: int  # undocumented
     debuglevel: int
diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
index 42b56d88d..b46d42a41 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ class Loader(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     # but expected in new code.
     def exec_module(self, module: types.ModuleType) -> None: ...
 
-class _LoaderProtocol(Protocol):
-    def load_module(self, fullname: str) -> types.ModuleType: ...
-
 class FileLoader(ResourceLoader, ExecutionLoader, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     name: str
     path: _Path
diff --git a/stdlib/types.pyi b/stdlib/types.pyi
index 1af4420e6..28fce697f 100644
--- a/stdlib/types.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/types.pyi
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ from collections.abc import (
     MutableSequence,
     ValuesView,
 )
-from importlib.abc import _LoaderProtocol
 from importlib.machinery import ModuleSpec
 
 # pytype crashes if types.MappingProxyType inherits from collections.abc.Mapping instead of typing.Mapping
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Generic, Mapping, TypeVar, overload  # noqa: Y027
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Generic, Mapping, Protocol, TypeVar, overload  # noqa: Y027
 from typing_extensions import Literal, ParamSpec, final
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -325,6 +324,9 @@ class SimpleNamespace:
     def __setattr__(self, __name: str, __value: Any) -> None: ...
     def __delattr__(self, __name: str) -> None: ...
 
+class _LoaderProtocol(Protocol):
+    def load_module(self, fullname: str) -> ModuleType: ...
+
 class ModuleType:
     __name__: str
     __file__: str | None
diff --git a/stdlib/urllib/request.pyi b/stdlib/urllib/request.pyi
index 0ad10a218..88f4f5250 100644
--- a/stdlib/urllib/request.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/urllib/request.pyi
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import sys
 from _typeshed import StrOrBytesPath, SupportsRead
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping, MutableMapping, Sequence
 from email.message import Message
-from http.client import HTTPMessage, HTTPResponse, _HTTPConnectionProtocol
+from http.client import HTTPConnection, HTTPMessage, HTTPResponse
 from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
 from re import Pattern
-from typing import IO, Any, ClassVar, NoReturn, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import IO, Any, ClassVar, NoReturn, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 from urllib.error import HTTPError as HTTPError
 from urllib.response import addclosehook, addinfourl
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ class ProxyDigestAuthHandler(BaseHandler, AbstractDigestAuthHandler):
     auth_header: ClassVar[str]  # undocumented
     def http_error_407(self, req: Request, fp: IO[bytes], code: int, msg: str, headers: HTTPMessage) -> _UrlopenRet | None: ...
 
+class _HTTPConnectionProtocol(Protocol):
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        host: str,
+        port: int | None = ...,
+        timeout: float = ...,
+        source_address: tuple[str, int] | None = ...,
+        blocksize: int = ...,
+    ) -> HTTPConnection: ...
+
 class AbstractHTTPHandler(BaseHandler):  # undocumented
     def __init__(self, debuglevel: int = ...) -> None: ...
     def set_http_debuglevel(self, level: int) -> None: ...