diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94b1f2455cd..d73e6fd4488 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ lint = [
     "ruff==0.5.0",
     "mypy==1.10.1",
     "sphinx-lint",
-    "types-docutils==0.21.0.20240704",
+    "types-docutils==0.21.0.20240708",
     "types-requests",
     "importlib_metadata",  # for mypy (Python<=3.9)
     "tomli",  # for mypy (Python<=3.10)
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py
index f39b00f1ab5..9b0bf66a02c 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from docutils.nodes import Node
+    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import RSTState
 
     from sphinx.config import Config
     from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
-    from sphinx.util.typing import _RSTState as RSTState
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/nodes.py b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
index 5f4169458c7..9f3e827c827 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/nodes.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
     from docutils.nodes import Element
     from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
-    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner
+    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner, RSTState
     from docutils.statemachine import StringList
 
     from sphinx.builders import Builder
     from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
     from sphinx.util.tags import Tags
-    from sphinx.util.typing import _RSTState as RSTState
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/parsing.py b/sphinx/util/parsing.py
index 432d9f3810b..a8f937f8fe1 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/parsing.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/parsing.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
 
-    from sphinx.util.typing import _RSTState as RSTState
+    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import RSTState
 
 
 def nested_parse_to_nodes(
diff --git a/sphinx/util/typing.py b/sphinx/util/typing.py
index dfffff20295..f19e054b30a 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/typing.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/typing.py
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
     from collections.abc import Mapping
     from typing import Final, Literal, Protocol
 
-    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import RSTState as _RSTStateGeneric
     from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, TypeIs
 
     from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 
-    _RSTState: TypeAlias = _RSTStateGeneric[list[str]]
     _RestifyMode: TypeAlias = Literal[
         'fully-qualified-except-typing',
         'smart',
diff --git a/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py b/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py
index 20c08191f35..8f5ab3f8e38 100644
--- a/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py
+++ b/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ def make_directive(*, env: SimpleNamespace, input_lines: StringList | None = Non
     return directive
 
 
-def make_directive_and_state(*, env: SimpleNamespace, input_lines: StringList | None = None) -> tuple[RSTState[list[str]], SphinxDirective]:
+def make_directive_and_state(*, env: SimpleNamespace, input_lines: StringList | None = None) -> tuple[RSTState, SphinxDirective]:
     sm = RSTStateMachine(state_classes, initial_state='Body')
     sm.reporter = object()
     if input_lines is not None:
         sm.input_lines = input_lines
-    state: RSTState[list[str]] = RSTState(sm)
+    state = RSTState(sm)
     state.document = new_document('<tests>')
     state.document.settings.env = env
     state.document.settings.tab_width = 4