diff --git a/news/a13640e3-bfd3-46ae-b4b6-bcb9784303b4.trivial.rst b/news/a13640e3-bfd3-46ae-b4b6-bcb9784303b4.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py b/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py
index f78083118..39dc3d15f 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ if MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING:
 
     C = TypeVar("C")
     Cache = Dict[Link, C]
-    VersionCandidates = Dict[_BaseVersion, Candidate]
-
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)