diff --git a/stubs/docutils/docutils/nodes.pyi b/stubs/docutils/docutils/nodes.pyi
index fd40a36cd679..964e6fa3f426 100644
--- a/stubs/docutils/docutils/nodes.pyi
+++ b/stubs/docutils/docutils/nodes.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from typing import Any, List
-
-class reference:
-    def __init__(self, rawsource: str = ..., text: str = ..., *children: List[Any], **attributes: Any) -> None: ...
+from typing import Any
 
 def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any: ...  # incomplete