diff --git a/pandas/io/excel/_calamine.py b/pandas/io/excel/_calamine.py
index 4f65acf1aa40e..5259469f7a569 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel/_calamine.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel/_calamine.py
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ def load_workbook(
     ) -> CalamineWorkbook:
         from python_calamine import load_workbook
 
-        return load_workbook(
-            filepath_or_buffer, **engine_kwargs  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-        )
+        return load_workbook(filepath_or_buffer, **engine_kwargs)
 
     @property
     def sheet_names(self) -> list[str]: