diff --git a/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi b/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
index a1d1e49aed48..2e9ea8591b80 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ class memoryview(Sized, Container[bytes]):
 class BaseException(object):
     args = ...  # type: Tuple[Any, ...]
     message = ...  # type: Any
-    def __init__(self, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, *args: object) -> None: ...
     def __getitem__(self, i: int) -> Any: ...
     def __getslice__(self, start: int, stop: int) -> Tuple[Any, ...]: ...
 
diff --git a/stdlib/2/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/2/builtins.pyi
index a1d1e49aed48..2e9ea8591b80 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/builtins.pyi
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ class memoryview(Sized, Container[bytes]):
 class BaseException(object):
     args = ...  # type: Tuple[Any, ...]
     message = ...  # type: Any
-    def __init__(self, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, *args: object) -> None: ...
     def __getitem__(self, i: int) -> Any: ...
     def __getslice__(self, start: int, stop: int) -> Tuple[Any, ...]: ...
 
diff --git a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
index cf2a8cdb1206..78c598592c77 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ class BaseException:
     __cause__ = ...  # type: Optional[BaseException]
     __context__ = ...  # type: Optional[BaseException]
     __traceback__ = ...  # type: Optional[TracebackType]
-    def __init__(self, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, *args: object) -> None: ...
     def with_traceback(self, tb: Optional[TracebackType]) -> BaseException: ...
 
 class GeneratorExit(BaseException): ...