diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/xml/etree/ElementTree.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/xml/etree/ElementTree.pyi
index 53af3fc49..b2e2edbe5 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/xml/etree/ElementTree.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/xml/etree/ElementTree.pyi
@@ -363,14 +363,14 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
 
 class XMLParser:
     parser: Any
-    target: TreeBuilder
+    target: Any
     # TODO-what is entity used for???
     entity: Any
     version: str
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-        def __init__(self, *, target: Optional[TreeBuilder] = ..., encoding: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
+        def __init__(self, *, target: Any = ..., encoding: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
     else:
-        def __init__(self, html: int = ..., target: Optional[TreeBuilder] = ..., encoding: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
+        def __init__(self, html: int = ..., target: Any = ..., encoding: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
         def doctype(self, __name: str, __pubid: str, __system: str) -> None: ...
-    def close(self) -> Element: ...
+    def close(self) -> Any: ...
     def feed(self, __data: _parser_input_type) -> None: ...