diff -r 7bd7fcc711f2 -r f4a0806081f2 mercurial/mail.py
--- a/mercurial/mail.py	Wed Dec 20 16:39:03 2023 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/mail.py	Wed Dec 20 22:17:03 2023 +0100
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@
 )
 
 
-# keep pyflakes happy
-assert [
-    Any,
-    List,
-    Tuple,
-    Union,
-]
-
-
 class STARTTLS(smtplib.SMTP):
     """Derived class to verify the peer certificate for STARTTLS.