diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index ae1dd5c2d76891..d520f6b2e1b3d4 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -805,9 +805,6 @@ def longest(x: A, y: A) -> A:
     Note that only type variables defined in global scope can be pickled.
     """
 
-    __slots__ = ('__name__', '__bound__', '__constraints__',
-                 '__covariant__', '__contravariant__', '__dict__')
-
     def __init__(self, name, *constraints, bound=None,
                  covariant=False, contravariant=False):
         self.__name__ = name
@@ -907,9 +904,6 @@ def add_two(x: float, y: float) -> float:
     be pickled.
     """
 
-    __slots__ = ('__name__', '__bound__', '__covariant__', '__contravariant__',
-                 '__dict__')
-
     @property
     def args(self):
         return ParamSpecArgs(self)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-06-21-31-14.bpo-46244.hjyfJj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-06-21-31-14.bpo-46244.hjyfJj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5ca536a97c9cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-06-21-31-14.bpo-46244.hjyfJj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Removed ``__slots__`` from :class:`typing.ParamSpec` and :class:`typing.TypeVar`.
+They served no purpose. Patch by Arie Bovenberg.