diff --git a/ci/mypy-stubtest-allowlist.txt b/ci/mypy-stubtest-allowlist.txt
index 5bb4f0d36c5e..adce733ea011 100644
--- a/ci/mypy-stubtest-allowlist.txt
+++ b/ci/mypy-stubtest-allowlist.txt
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ matplotlib\.animation\.EventSourceProtocol
 # Avoid a regression in NewType handling for stubtest
 # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/19877
 matplotlib\.ft2font\.GlyphIndexType\.__init__
+
+# getitem method only exists for 3.11 deprecation backcompatability
+matplotlib.container.PieContainer.__getitem__
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/container.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/container.pyi
index 772801b16d6d..a23f8912cfd9 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/container.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/container.pyi
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ErrorbarContainer(Container):
         **kwargs
     ) -> None: ...
 
-class PieContainer(Container):
+class PieContainer:
     wedges: list[Wedge]
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class PieContainer(Container):
     def add_texts(self,
         texts: list[Text],
     ) -> None: ...
+    def remove(self) -> None: ...
 
 class StemContainer(Container):
     markerline: Line2D