diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
index db9df015cbf9..438dbafb48c3 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 import _ast
 import sys
 import types
-from _typeshed import (
-    OpenBinaryMode,
-    OpenBinaryModeReading,
-    OpenBinaryModeUpdating,
-    OpenBinaryModeWriting,
-    OpenTextMode,
-    ReadableBuffer,
-    StrPath,
-)
+from _typeshed import ReadableBuffer, StrPath
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
 from importlib.machinery import ModuleSpec
-from io import BufferedRandom, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, FileIO, TextIOWrapper
-from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Protocol, overload, runtime_checkable
+from io import BufferedReader
+from typing import IO, Any, Protocol, overload, runtime_checkable
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
@@ -139,75 +131,25 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
             def joinpath(self, *descendants: str) -> Traversable: ...
         else:
             @abstractmethod
-            def joinpath(self, child: str) -> Traversable: ...
-        # The .open method comes from pathlib.pyi and should be kept in sync.
-        @overload
-        @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self,
-            mode: OpenTextMode = "r",
-            buffering: int = ...,
-            encoding: str | None = ...,
-            errors: str | None = ...,
-            newline: str | None = ...,
-        ) -> TextIOWrapper: ...
-        # Unbuffered binary mode: returns a FileIO
-        @overload
-        @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self, mode: OpenBinaryMode, buffering: Literal[0], encoding: None = None, errors: None = None, newline: None = None
-        ) -> FileIO: ...
-        # Buffering is on: return BufferedRandom, BufferedReader, or BufferedWriter
-        @overload
-        @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self,
-            mode: OpenBinaryModeUpdating,
-            buffering: Literal[-1, 1] = ...,
-            encoding: None = None,
-            errors: None = None,
-            newline: None = None,
-        ) -> BufferedRandom: ...
-        @overload
-        @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self,
-            mode: OpenBinaryModeWriting,
-            buffering: Literal[-1, 1] = ...,
-            encoding: None = None,
-            errors: None = None,
-            newline: None = None,
-        ) -> BufferedWriter: ...
-        @overload
-        @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self,
-            mode: OpenBinaryModeReading,
-            buffering: Literal[-1, 1] = ...,
-            encoding: None = None,
-            errors: None = None,
-            newline: None = None,
-        ) -> BufferedReader: ...
-        # Buffering cannot be determined: fall back to BinaryIO
+            def joinpath(self, __child: str) -> Traversable: ...
+
+        # The documentation and runtime protocol allows *args, **kwargs arguments,
+        # but this would mean that all implementors would have to support them,
+        # which is not the case.
         @overload
         @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self, mode: OpenBinaryMode, buffering: int = ..., encoding: None = None, errors: None = None, newline: None = None
-        ) -> BinaryIO: ...
-        # Fallback if mode is not specified
+        def open(self, mode: Literal["r", "w"] = "r", *, encoding: str | None = None, errors: str | None = None) -> IO[str]: ...
         @overload
         @abstractmethod
-        def open(
-            self, mode: str, buffering: int = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ..., newline: str | None = ...
-        ) -> IO[Any]: ...
+        def open(self, mode: Literal["rb", "wb"]) -> IO[bytes]: ...
         @property
         @abstractmethod
         def name(self) -> str: ...
         if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-            def __truediv__(self, child: str) -> Traversable: ...
+            def __truediv__(self, __child: str) -> Traversable: ...
         else:
             @abstractmethod
-            def __truediv__(self, child: str) -> Traversable: ...
+            def __truediv__(self, __child: str) -> Traversable: ...
 
         @abstractmethod
         def read_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
diff --git a/test_cases/stdlib/check_importlib.py b/test_cases/stdlib/check_importlib.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ff52a050fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_cases/stdlib/check_importlib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import importlib.abc
+import pathlib
+import sys
+import zipfile
+
+# Assert that some Path classes are Traversable.
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+
+    def traverse(t: importlib.abc.Traversable) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    traverse(pathlib.Path())
+    traverse(zipfile.Path(""))
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt
index d91a75dc0c76..ed7f6eb62566 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ typing.ParamSpec(Args|Kwargs).__origin__
 # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/15302
 typing.NewType.__call__
 
+# Problematic protocol signatures at runtime, see source code comments.
+importlib.abc.Traversable.joinpath
+importlib.abc.Traversable.open
+
 # Super-special typing primitives
 typing\.NamedTuple
 typing\.Annotated
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt
index 916f969323e8..088b66a8dc4b 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ platform.uname_result.processor
 unittest.TestCase.__init_subclass__
 unittest.case.TestCase.__init_subclass__
 
+# Problematic protocol signature at runtime, see source code comments.
+importlib.abc.Traversable.open
+importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.open
+
 # Super-special typing primitives
 typing\._SpecialForm.*
 typing\.NamedTuple
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py312.txt b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py312.txt
index a0a465e54ee5..94c2e0d9685b 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py312.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py312.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ platform.uname_result.processor
 unittest.TestCase.__init_subclass__
 unittest.case.TestCase.__init_subclass__
 
+# Problematic protocol signature at runtime, see source code comments.
+importlib.abc.Traversable.open
+importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.open
+
 # Super-special typing primitives
 typing\._SpecialForm.*
 typing\.NamedTuple
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py39.txt b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py39.txt
index 88026b0c35d5..9a875af1d996 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py39.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py39.txt
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ types.MemberDescriptorType.__get__
 types.MethodDescriptorType.__get__
 types.WrapperDescriptorType.__get__
 
+# Problematic protocol signature at runtime, see source code comments.
+importlib.abc.Traversable.open
+
 # Super-special typing primitives
 typing\.NamedTuple
 typing\.Annotated