diff --git a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/darwin-py313.txt b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/darwin-py313.txt
index 15ae29d08..37c516cbc 100644
--- a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/darwin-py313.txt
+++ b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/darwin-py313.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ fcntl.F_SETNOSIGPIPE
 posixpath.splitroot
 posix.waitid
 posix.waitid_result
-readline.backend
 webbrowser.MacOSX
 
 # TODO: fix
diff --git a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/linux-py313.txt b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/linux-py313.txt
index 7418e8551..6a954388b 100644
--- a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/linux-py313.txt
+++ b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/linux-py313.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ _stat.SF_SUPPORTED
 _stat.SF_SYNTHETIC
 mmap.MAP_NORESERVE
 posixpath.splitroot
-readline.backend
 stat.SF_SUPPORTED
 stat.SF_SYNTHETIC
diff --git a/stdlib/readline.pyi b/stdlib/readline.pyi
index 688ae48d9..7325c267b 100644
--- a/stdlib/readline.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/readline.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from _typeshed import StrOrBytesPath
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import Literal
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
 if sys.platform != "win32":
@@ -34,3 +35,6 @@ if sys.platform != "win32":
     def set_completer_delims(string: str, /) -> None: ...
     def get_completer_delims() -> str: ...
     def set_completion_display_matches_hook(function: _CompDisp | None = None, /) -> None: ...
+
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
+        backend: Literal["readline", "editline"]