diff --git a/stubs/editdistance/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt b/stubs/editdistance/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Not public API -- the submodule is an implementation detail due to it being a cythonized package
+editdistance.bycython
diff --git a/stubs/editdistance/editdistance/bycython.pyi b/stubs/editdistance/editdistance/bycython.pyi
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--- a/stubs/editdistance/editdistance/bycython.pyi
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-from _typeshed import Incomplete
-
-def eval(*args: Incomplete, **kwargs: Incomplete) -> Incomplete: ...
-
-__test__: dict[Incomplete, Incomplete]