diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 441f1554..b5647631 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8"
-typing_extensions = { version = ">=4.6", python = "<3.11" }
 
 furo = { version = ">=22", optional = true }
 myst_parser = { version = ">=0.13", optional = true }
@@ -162,9 +161,7 @@ classifiers = [
 {%- if cookiecutter.backend in ["trampolim", "flit", "hatch"] %}
 dynamic = ["version"]
 {%- endif %}
-dependencies = [
-  "typing_extensions >=4.6; python_version<'3.11'",
-]
+dependencies = []
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
@@ -287,7 +284,6 @@ extend-ignore = [
 {%- if cookiecutter.backend in ["setuptools", "pybind11", "poetry"] %}
 target-version = "py38"
 {%- endif %}
-typing-modules = ["{{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}._compat.typing"]
 src = ["src"]
 unfixable = [
   "T20",  # Removes print statements
@@ -296,6 +292,8 @@ unfixable = [
 exclude = []
 flake8-unused-arguments.ignore-variadic-names = true
 isort.required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
+# Uncomment if using a _compat.typing backport
+# typing-modules = ["{{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}._compat.typing"]
 
 [tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
 "tests/**" = ["T20"]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.__project_slug}}/_compat/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.__project_slug}}/_compat/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e11aa6e9..00000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.__project_slug}}/_compat/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Copyright (c) {{ cookiecutter.__year }} {{ cookiecutter.full_name }}. All rights reserved.
-
-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}: {{ cookiecutter.project_short_description }}
-"""
-
-
-from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.__project_slug}}/_compat/typing.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.__project_slug}}/_compat/typing.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb10ca5c..00000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.__project_slug}}/_compat/typing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Copyright (c) {{ cookiecutter.__year }} {{ cookiecutter.full_name }}. All rights reserved.
-
-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}: {{ cookiecutter.project_short_description }}
-"""
-
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
-    from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
-else:
-    from typing import TypeAlias
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
-    from typing_extensions import Self, assert_never
-else:
-    from typing import Self, assert_never
-
-__all__ = ["TypeAlias", "Self", "assert_never"]
-
-
-def __dir__() -> list[str]:
-    return __all__
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/tests/test_package.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/tests/test_package.py
index b25ed516..357dce64 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/tests/test_package.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/tests/test_package.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import {{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }} as m
-import {{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}._compat.typing as typing_backports
 
 
 def test_version():
     assert m.__version__
-
-
-def test_has_typing():
-    assert hasattr(typing_backports, "TypeAlias")
-    assert hasattr(typing_backports, "Self")
-    assert hasattr(typing_backports, "assert_never")