diff --git a/stdlib/codecs.pyi b/stdlib/codecs.pyi
index bba7703c7..2959cb4ec 100644
--- a/stdlib/codecs.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/codecs.pyi
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import sys
 import types
 from _typeshed import Self
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterable, Iterator
-from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Protocol, TextIO, overload
+from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterable
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Protocol, TextIO, overload
 from typing_extensions import Literal, TypeAlias
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ BOM32_LE: Literal[b"\xff\xfe"]
 BOM64_BE: Literal[b"\x00\x00\xfe\xff"]
 BOM64_LE: Literal[b"\xff\xfe\x00\x00"]
 
+class _WritableStream(Protocol):
+    def write(self, __data: bytes) -> object: ...
+    def seek(self, __offset: int, __whence: int) -> object: ...
+    def close(self) -> object: ...
+
+class _ReadableStream(Protocol):
+    def read(self, __size: int = ...) -> bytes: ...
+    def seek(self, __offset: int, __whence: int) -> object: ...
+    def close(self) -> object: ...
+
+class _Stream(_WritableStream, _ReadableStream, Protocol): ...
+
 # TODO: this only satisfies the most common interface, where
 # bytes is the raw form and str is the cooked form.
 # In the long run, both should become template parameters maybe?
@@ -71,10 +83,10 @@ class _Decoder(Protocol):
     def __call__(self, input: bytes, errors: str = ...) -> tuple[str, int]: ...  # signature of Codec().decode
 
 class _StreamReader(Protocol):
-    def __call__(self, stream: IO[bytes], errors: str = ...) -> StreamReader: ...
+    def __call__(self, stream: _ReadableStream, errors: str = ...) -> StreamReader: ...
 
 class _StreamWriter(Protocol):
-    def __call__(self, stream: IO[bytes], errors: str = ...) -> StreamWriter: ...
+    def __call__(self, stream: _WritableStream, errors: str = ...) -> StreamWriter: ...
 
 class _IncrementalEncoder(Protocol):
     def __call__(self, errors: str = ...) -> IncrementalEncoder: ...
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ def register(__search_function: Callable[[str], CodecInfo | None]) -> None: ...
 def open(
     filename: str, mode: str = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str = ..., buffering: int = ...
 ) -> StreamReaderWriter: ...
-def EncodedFile(file: IO[bytes], data_encoding: str, file_encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str = ...) -> StreamRecoder: ...
+def EncodedFile(file: _Stream, data_encoding: str, file_encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str = ...) -> StreamRecoder: ...
 def iterencode(iterator: Iterable[str], encoding: str, errors: str = ...) -> Generator[bytes, None, None]: ...
 def iterdecode(iterator: Iterable[bytes], encoding: str, errors: str = ...) -> Generator[str, None, None]: ...
 
@@ -235,8 +247,9 @@ class BufferedIncrementalDecoder(IncrementalDecoder):
 # TODO: it is not possible to specify the requirement that all other
 # attributes and methods are passed-through from the stream.
 class StreamWriter(Codec):
+    stream: _WritableStream
     errors: str
-    def __init__(self, stream: IO[bytes], errors: str = ...) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, stream: _WritableStream, errors: str = ...) -> None: ...
     def write(self, object: str) -> None: ...
     def writelines(self, list: Iterable[str]) -> None: ...
     def reset(self) -> None: ...
@@ -244,9 +257,10 @@ class StreamWriter(Codec):
     def __exit__(self, type: type[BaseException] | None, value: BaseException | None, tb: types.TracebackType | None) -> None: ...
     def __getattr__(self, name: str, getattr: Callable[[str], Any] = ...) -> Any: ...
 
-class StreamReader(Codec, Iterator[str]):
+class StreamReader(Codec):
+    stream: _ReadableStream
     errors: str
-    def __init__(self, stream: IO[bytes], errors: str = ...) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, stream: _ReadableStream, errors: str = ...) -> None: ...
     def read(self, size: int = ..., chars: int = ..., firstline: bool = ...) -> str: ...
     def readline(self, size: int | None = ..., keepends: bool = ...) -> str: ...
     def readlines(self, sizehint: int | None = ..., keepends: bool = ...) -> list[str]: ...
@@ -260,7 +274,8 @@ class StreamReader(Codec, Iterator[str]):
 # Doesn't actually inherit from TextIO, but wraps a BinaryIO to provide text reading and writing
 # and delegates attributes to the underlying binary stream with __getattr__.
 class StreamReaderWriter(TextIO):
-    def __init__(self, stream: IO[bytes], Reader: _StreamReader, Writer: _StreamWriter, errors: str = ...) -> None: ...
+    stream: _Stream
+    def __init__(self, stream: _Stream, Reader: _StreamReader, Writer: _StreamWriter, errors: str = ...) -> None: ...
     def read(self, size: int = ...) -> str: ...
     def readline(self, size: int | None = ...) -> str: ...
     def readlines(self, sizehint: int | None = ...) -> list[str]: ...
@@ -287,13 +302,7 @@ class StreamReaderWriter(TextIO):
 
 class StreamRecoder(BinaryIO):
     def __init__(
-        self,
-        stream: IO[bytes],
-        encode: _Encoder,
-        decode: _Decoder,
-        Reader: _StreamReader,
-        Writer: _StreamWriter,
-        errors: str = ...,
+        self, stream: _Stream, encode: _Encoder, decode: _Decoder, Reader: _StreamReader, Writer: _StreamWriter, errors: str = ...
     ) -> None: ...
     def read(self, size: int = ...) -> bytes: ...
     def readline(self, size: int | None = ...) -> bytes: ...