diff --git a/stdlib/sysconfig.pyi b/stdlib/sysconfig.pyi
index 03362b5caef9..895abc2cd047 100644
--- a/stdlib/sysconfig.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/sysconfig.pyi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "parse_config_h",
 ]
 
-def get_config_var(name: str) -> str | None: ...
+def get_config_var(name: str) -> Any: ...
 @overload
 def get_config_vars() -> dict[str, Any]: ...
 @overload