diff --git a/stdlib/3/asyncio/subprocess.pyi b/stdlib/3/asyncio/subprocess.pyi
index 0c5fa1ea8..6bb50ad97 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/asyncio/subprocess.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/asyncio/subprocess.pyi
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async def create_subprocess_shell(
     stdin: Union[int, IO[Any], None] = ...,
     stdout: Union[int, IO[Any], None] = ...,
     stderr: Union[int, IO[Any], None] = ...,
-    loop: events.AbstractEventLoop = ...,
+    loop: Optional[events.AbstractEventLoop] = ...,
     limit: int = ...,
     **kwds: Any
 ) -> Process: ...
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async def create_subprocess_exec(
     stdin: Union[int, IO[Any], None] = ...,
     stdout: Union[int, IO[Any], None] = ...,
     stderr: Union[int, IO[Any], None] = ...,
-    loop: events.AbstractEventLoop = ...,
+    loop: Optional[events.AbstractEventLoop] = ...,
     limit: int = ...,
     **kwds: Any
 ) -> Process: ...
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt
index 08714f749..1d79408e8 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ asyncio.Task.get_stack
 asyncio.Task.print_stack
 asyncio.WriteTransport.set_write_buffer_limits
 asyncio.base_events.BaseEventLoop.subprocess_exec
-asyncio.create_subprocess_exec
-asyncio.create_subprocess_shell
 asyncio.events.AbstractEventLoop.connect_accepted_socket
 asyncio.events.AbstractEventLoop.create_unix_connection
 asyncio.futures.Future._copy_state
@@ -55,8 +53,6 @@ asyncio.streams.StreamReaderProtocol.__init__
 asyncio.streams.open_connection
 asyncio.streams.open_unix_connection
 asyncio.streams.start_unix_server
-asyncio.subprocess.create_subprocess_exec
-asyncio.subprocess.create_subprocess_shell
 asyncio.tasks.Task._step
 asyncio.tasks.Task.get_stack
 asyncio.tasks.Task.print_stack