diff --git a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi
index 62a20279c..c34f7650c 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi
+++ b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyi
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ from .underscore import Underscore
 
 DOCBIN_ALL_ATTRS: Tuple[str, ...]
 
-DocMethod = Union[
- Callable[[Doc], Any],
- Callable[[Doc, Any], Any],
- Callable[[Doc, Any, Any], Any],
- Callable[[Doc, Any, Any, Any], Any],
-]
-
 class Doc:
     vocab: Vocab
     mem: Pool
@@ -57,7 +50,7 @@ class Doc:
         default: Optional[Any] = ...,
         getter: Optional[Callable[[Doc], Any]] = ...,
         setter: Optional[Callable[[Doc, Any], None]] = ...,
-        method: Optional[DocMethod] = ...,
+        method: Optional[Callable[[Doc, Any]]] = ...,
         force: bool = ...,
     ) -> None: ...
     @classmethod
@@ -65,7 +58,7 @@ class Doc:
         cls, name: str
     ) -> Tuple[
         Optional[Any],
-        Optional[DocMethod],
+        Optional[Callable[[Doc, Any]]],
         Optional[Callable[[Doc], Any]],
         Optional[Callable[[Doc, Any], None]],
     ]: ...
@@ -76,7 +69,7 @@ class Doc:
         cls, name: str
     ) -> Tuple[
         Optional[Any],
-        Optional[DocMethod],
+        Optional[Callable[[Doc, Any]]],
         Optional[Callable[[Doc], Any]],
         Optional[Callable[[Doc, Any], None]],
     ]: ...
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/span.pyi b/spacy/tokens/span.pyi
index 1714f732d..91ede582a 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/span.pyi
+++ b/spacy/tokens/span.pyi
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ from .doc import Doc
 from .token import Token
 from .underscore import Underscore
 
-SpanMethod = Union[
- Callable[[Span], Any],
- Callable[[Span, Any], Any],
- Callable[[Span, Any, Any], Any],
- Callable[[Span, Any, Any, Any], Any],
-]
-
 class Span:
     @classmethod
     def set_extension(
@@ -23,7 +16,7 @@ class Span:
         default: Optional[Any] = ...,
         getter: Optional[Callable[[Span], Any]] = ...,
         setter: Optional[Callable[[Span, Any], None]] = ...,
-        method: Optional[SpanMethod] = ...,
+        method: Optional[Callable[[Span, Any]]] = ...,
         force: bool = ...,
     ) -> None: ...
     @classmethod
@@ -31,7 +24,7 @@ class Span:
         cls, name: str
     ) -> Tuple[
         Optional[Any],
-        Optional[SpanMethod],
+        Optional[Callable[[Span, Any]]],
         Optional[Callable[[Span], Any]],
         Optional[Callable[[Span, Any], None]],
     ]: ...
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@ class Span:
         cls, name: str
     ) -> Tuple[
         Optional[Any],
-        Optional[SpanMethod],
+        Optional[Callable[[Span, Any]]],
         Optional[Callable[[Span], Any]],
         Optional[Callable[[Span, Any], None]],
     ]: ...
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/token.pyi b/spacy/tokens/token.pyi
index 4bc41d517..9e47a1b20 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/token.pyi
+++ b/spacy/tokens/token.pyi
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ from .morphanalysis import MorphAnalysis
 from .span import Span
 from .underscore import Underscore
 
-TokenMethod = Union[
- Callable[[Token], Any],
- Callable[[Token, Any], Any],
- Callable[[Token, Any, Any], Any],
- Callable[[Token, Any, Any, Any], Any],
-]
-
 class Token:
     i: int
     doc: Doc
@@ -27,7 +20,7 @@ class Token:
         default: Optional[Any] = ...,
         getter: Optional[Callable[[Token], Any]] = ...,
         setter: Optional[Callable[[Token, Any], None]] = ...,
-        method: Optional[TokenMethod] = ...,
+        method: Optional[Callable[[Token, Any]]] = ...,
         force: bool = ...,
     ) -> None: ...
     @classmethod
@@ -35,7 +28,7 @@ class Token:
         cls, name: str
     ) -> Tuple[
         Optional[Any],
-        Optional[TokenMethod],
+        Optional[Callable[[Token, Any]]],
         Optional[Callable[[Token], Any]],
         Optional[Callable[[Token, Any], None]],
     ]: ...
@@ -46,7 +39,7 @@ class Token:
         cls, name: str
     ) -> Tuple[
         Optional[Any],
-        Optional[TokenMethod],
+        Optional[Callable[[Token, Any]]],
         Optional[Callable[[Token], Any]],
         Optional[Callable[[Token, Any], None]],
     ]: ...