diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi
index 2fa1081f5b..6af37638e1 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ from typing_extensions import deprecated  # added in 3.13
 
 from pygame.typing import SequenceLike
 
-@final
-class Event:
-    # Event fields here duplicated below into EventType because Event is
-    # marked as final and can't be subclassed like the other xType aliases
-    # are to allow @deprecated.
+class _GenericEvent:
+    # Just exists to avoid duplication of data for Event
+    # and (deprecated) EventType
 
     @property
     def type(self) -> int: ...
@@ -27,27 +25,13 @@ class Event:
     def dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
 
 @final
-@deprecated("Use `Event` instead (this is an old alias)")
-class EventType:
-    # Duplicated Event fields here because it is marked as final and can't be
-    # subclassed like the other xType aliases are to allow @deprecated.
-
-    @property
-    def type(self) -> int: ...
-    __dict__: dict[str, Any]
-    __hash__: None  # type: ignore
-    def __init__(
-        self, type: int, dict: dict[str, Any] = ..., **kwargs: Any
-    ) -> None: ...
-    def __getattribute__(self, name: str) -> Any: ...
-    def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: Any) -> None: ...
-    def __delattr__(self, name: str) -> None: ...
-    def __bool__(self) -> bool: ...
+class Event(_GenericEvent):
+    pass
 
-    # this is at the bottom because mypy complains if this declaration comes
-    # before any uses of the dict[] typehinting because of the same naming
-    @property
-    def dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
+@final
+@deprecated("Use `Event` instead (this is an old alias)")
+class EventType(_GenericEvent):
+    pass
 
 _EventTypes = Union[int, SequenceLike[int]]