diff --git a/ebuild/plugins/__init__.py b/ebuild/plugins/__init__.py
index 3353ea5..54605f0 100644
--- a/ebuild/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/ebuild/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import importlib.metadata
 import logging
-from typing import List
+from typing import Any, List, Mapping, cast
 
 from ebuild.plugins.base import PluginBase
 
@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ def discover_plugins() -> List[PluginBase]:
         if hasattr(entry_points, "select"):
             eps = entry_points.select(group="ebuild.plugins")
         else:
-            # Before 3.10 entry_points() returned a dict; the current stubs
-            # only model EntryPoints, which has no .get, hence the ignore.
-            eps = entry_points.get("ebuild.plugins", [])  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            # Before 3.10, entry_points() returned a mapping of group name
+            # to entry points. The stubs only model the modern EntryPoints, so
+            # spell the old shape out rather than widen the ignore: the
+            # `# type: ignore[attr-defined]` that was here named the wrong
+            # error code, and mypy failed on the line anyway.
+            eps = cast(Mapping[str, Any], entry_points).get("ebuild.plugins", [])
 
         for ep in eps:
             try:
diff --git a/tests/ebuild/test_build_dir_resolution.py b/tests/ebuild/test_build_dir_resolution.py
index a19be13..e08444f 100644
--- a/tests/ebuild/test_build_dir_resolution.py
+++ b/tests/ebuild/test_build_dir_resolution.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
-import shutil
 import textwrap
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
diff --git a/tests/ebuild/test_package_recipe.py b/tests/ebuild/test_package_recipe.py
index 38c38de..3c25922 100644
--- a/tests/ebuild/test_package_recipe.py
+++ b/tests/ebuild/test_package_recipe.py
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ def test_depends_alias_must_be_a_list():
 """
 
     with pytest.raises(RecipeError, match="dependencies"):
-        load_recipe_from_string(content)
\ No newline at end of file
+        load_recipe_from_string(content)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_ci_gate.py b/tests/unit/test_ci_gate.py
index 964ca54..b1d5e0f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_ci_gate.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_ci_gate.py
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 required check does not cover.
 """
 
+import itertools
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import yaml
 import pytest
-from pathlib import Path
 
 
 WORKFLOWS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / ".github" / "workflows"
@@ -211,9 +214,6 @@ def test_gate_fails_on_any_non_success_result(jobs):
 # check cannot say which of the three it means, and a Windows-only failure is
 # indistinguishable from the other two legs without opening the run.
 
-import itertools
-import re
-
 # `include` and `exclude` shape a matrix but are not dimensions of it, so they
 # are not part of the cartesian product.
 _NOT_A_DIMENSION = {"include", "exclude"}