diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
index f872ad2f..87b4a55e 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+from builtins import (
+    bool as _bool,
+    str as _str,
+)
 from collections.abc import (
     Callable,
     Hashable,
@@ -161,9 +165,6 @@ from pandas._typing import (
 from pandas.io.formats.style import Styler
 from pandas.plotting import PlotAccessor
 
-_str = str
-_bool = bool
-
 class _iLocIndexerFrame(_iLocIndexer, Generic[_T]):
     @overload
     def __getitem__(self, idx: tuple[int, int]) -> Scalar: ...
@@ -2148,7 +2149,7 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame, OpsMixin, _GetItemHack):
     def reindex_like(
         self,
         other: DataFrame,
-        method: _str | FillnaOptions | Literal["nearest"] | None = ...,
+        method: FillnaOptions | Literal["nearest"] | None = ...,
         copy: _bool = ...,
         limit: int | None = ...,
         tolerance: Scalar | AnyArrayLike | Sequence[Scalar] = ...,
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/generic.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/generic.pyi
index cac7dfa8..ad1d5499 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/generic.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/generic.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+from builtins import (
+    bool as _bool,
+    str as _str,
+)
 from collections.abc import (
     Callable,
     Hashable,
@@ -60,9 +64,6 @@ from pandas._typing import (
 from pandas.io.pytables import HDFStore
 from pandas.io.sql import SQLTable
 
-_bool = bool
-_str = str
-
 class NDFrame(indexing.IndexingMixin):
     __hash__: ClassVar[None]  # type: ignore[assignment] # pyright: ignore[reportIncompatibleMethodOverride]
 
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/base.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/base.pyi
index ba5ab846..bcb61c7d 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/base.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/base.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from builtins import str as _str
 from collections.abc import (
     Callable,
     Hashable,
@@ -66,8 +67,6 @@ from pandas._typing import (
 
 class InvalidIndexError(Exception): ...
 
-_str = str
-
 class Index(IndexOpsMixin[S1]):
     __hash__: ClassVar[None]  # type: ignore[assignment]
     # overloads with additional dtypes
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi
index 327b0a2b..c87d84de 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+from builtins import (
+    bool as _bool,
+    str as _str,
+)
 from collections import dict_keys  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 from collections.abc import (
     Callable,
@@ -179,9 +183,6 @@ from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import CategoricalDtype
 
 from pandas.plotting import PlotAccessor
 
-_bool: TypeAlias = bool
-_str: TypeAlias = str
-
 class _iLocIndexerSeries(_iLocIndexer, Generic[S1]):
     # get item
     @overload
@@ -1078,7 +1079,7 @@ class Series(IndexOpsMixin[S1], NDFrame):
     def reindex_like(
         self,
         other: Series[S1],
-        method: _str | FillnaOptions | Literal["nearest"] | None = ...,
+        method: FillnaOptions | Literal["nearest"] | None = ...,
         copy: _bool = ...,
         limit: int | None = ...,
         tolerance: Scalar | AnyArrayLike | Sequence[Scalar] = ...,
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/strings.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/strings.pyi
index 74588eae..f78adf1a 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/strings.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/strings.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # pyright: strict
+from builtins import slice as _slice
 from collections.abc import (
     Callable,
     Sequence,
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ from typing import (
     Any,
     Generic,
     Literal,
-    TypeAlias,
     TypeVar,
     overload,
 )
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ _T_STR = TypeVar("_T_STR", bound=Series[str] | Index[str])
 # Used for the result of str.partition
 _T_OBJECT = TypeVar("_T_OBJECT", bound=Series[type[object]] | Index[type[object]])
 
-_slice: TypeAlias = slice
-
 class StringMethods(
     NoNewAttributesMixin,
     Generic[T, _T_EXPANDING, _T_BOOL, _T_LIST_STR, _T_INT, _T_BYTES, _T_STR, _T_OBJECT],