diff --git a/docs/testing/mypy.md b/docs/testing/mypy.md
index db0230c330..4b9b8932db 100644
--- a/docs/testing/mypy.md
+++ b/docs/testing/mypy.md
@@ -128,24 +128,18 @@ needing to do an explicit annotation.
 
 When declaring the types for functions that accept a `QuerySet`
 object, you should always supply the model type that it accepts as the
-type parameter.
+first type parameter.
 
 ```python
 def foo(user: QuerySet[UserProfile]) -> None:
     ...
 ```
 
-In cases where you need to type the return value from `.values_list`
-or `.values` on a `QuerySet`, you can use the special
-`django_stubs_ext.ValuesQuerySet` type.
-
-For `.values_list`, the second type parameter will be the type of the
-column.
+For `.values_list`, supply the type of the column as the second type
+parameter.
 
 ```python
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
-
-def get_book_page_counts() -> ValuesQuerySet[Book, int]:
+def get_book_page_counts() -> QuerySet[Book, int]:
     return Book.objects.filter().values_list("page_count", flat=True)
 ```
 
@@ -153,15 +147,13 @@ For `.values`, we prefer to define a `TypedDict` containing the
 key-value pairs for the columns.
 
 ```python
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
-
 class BookMetadata(TypedDict):
     id: int
     name: str
 
 def get_book_meta_data(
     book_ids: List[int],
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[Book, BookMetadata]:
+) -> QuerySet[Book, BookMetadata]:
     return Book.objects.filter(id__in=book_ids).values("name", "id")
 ```
 
diff --git a/zerver/actions/message_send.py b/zerver/actions/message_send.py
index 2e324e4bf0..81fd36c781 100644
--- a/zerver/actions/message_send.py
+++ b/zerver/actions/message_send.py
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ import orjson
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
-from django.db.models import F, Q
+from django.db.models import F, Q, QuerySet
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.translation import override as override_language
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 
 from zerver.actions.uploads import do_claim_attachments
 from zerver.actions.user_topics import (
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ def get_recipient_info(
     user_ids = message_to_user_id_set | possibly_mentioned_user_ids
 
     if user_ids:
-        query: ValuesQuerySet[UserProfile, ActiveUserDict] = UserProfile.objects.filter(
+        query: QuerySet[UserProfile, ActiveUserDict] = UserProfile.objects.filter(
             is_active=True
         ).values(
             "id",
diff --git a/zerver/actions/streams.py b/zerver/actions/streams.py
index acaf19b145..b29c767838 100644
--- a/zerver/actions/streams.py
+++ b/zerver/actions/streams.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from django.db.models import Q, QuerySet
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.translation import override as override_language
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 
 from zerver.actions.default_streams import (
     do_remove_default_stream,
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ def merge_streams(
 
 def get_subscriber_ids(
     stream: Stream, requesting_user: UserProfile | None = None
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[Subscription, int]:
+) -> QuerySet[Subscription, int]:
     subscriptions_query = get_subscribers_query(stream, requesting_user)
     return subscriptions_query.values_list("user_profile_id", flat=True)
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/cache.py b/zerver/lib/cache.py
index 7d915f2c94..85aeb8c088 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/cache.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/cache.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generic, TypeVar
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import caches
 from django.core.cache.backends.base import BaseCache
-from django.db.models import Q
-from django_stubs_ext import QuerySetAny
+from django.db.models import Q, QuerySet
 from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ def cache_with_key(
                 return val[0]
 
             val = func(*args, **kwargs)
-            if isinstance(val, QuerySetAny):
+            if isinstance(val, QuerySet):
                 logging.error(
                     "cache_with_key attempted to store a full QuerySet object -- declining to cache",
                     stack_info=True,
diff --git a/zerver/lib/cache_helpers.py b/zerver/lib/cache_helpers.py
index 2f729d250e..9d940bd0d3 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/cache_helpers.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/cache_helpers.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
 from django.db import connection
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 
 # This file needs to be different from cache.py because cache.py
 # cannot import anything from zerver.models or we'd have an import
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def session_cache_items(
     items_for_remote_cache[store.cache_key] = store.decode(session.session_data)
 
 
-def get_active_realm_ids() -> ValuesQuerySet[RealmCount, int]:
+def get_active_realm_ids() -> QuerySet[RealmCount, int]:
     """For installations like Zulip Cloud hosting a lot of realms, it only makes
     sense to do cache-filling work for realms that have any currently
     active users/clients.  Otherwise, we end up with every single-user
diff --git a/zerver/lib/display_recipient.py b/zerver/lib/display_recipient.py
index 8e99477b84..99009d6b35 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/display_recipient.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/display_recipient.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, TypedDict
 
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
+from django.db.models import QuerySet
 
 from zerver.lib.cache import (
     bulk_cached_fetch,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def bulk_fetch_stream_names(
 
     def get_tiny_stream_rows(
         recipient_ids: list[int],
-    ) -> ValuesQuerySet[Stream, TinyStreamResult]:
+    ) -> QuerySet[Stream, TinyStreamResult]:
         stream_ids = [recipient_id_to_stream_id[recipient_id] for recipient_id in recipient_ids]
         return Stream.objects.filter(id__in=stream_ids).values("recipient_id", "name")
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/message.py b/zerver/lib/message.py
index 39f85045ae..4393028a02 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/message.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/message.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from django.db import connection
 from django.db.models import Exists, Max, OuterRef, QuerySet, Sum
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 from psycopg2.sql import SQL
 
 from analytics.lib.counts import COUNT_STATS
@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ def bulk_access_stream_messages_query(
 
 def get_messages_with_usermessage_rows_for_user(
     user_profile_id: int, message_ids: Sequence[int]
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[UserMessage, int]:
+) -> QuerySet[UserMessage, int]:
     """
     Returns a subset of `message_ids` containing only messages the
     user has a UserMessage for.  Makes O(1) database queries.
diff --git a/zerver/lib/query_helpers.py b/zerver/lib/query_helpers.py
index a1568147e7..23fa756873 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/query_helpers.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/query_helpers.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 from typing import TypeVar
 
 from django.db import models
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
+from django.db.models import QuerySet
 
 ModelT = TypeVar("ModelT", bound=models.Model)
 RowT = TypeVar("RowT")
 
 
 def query_for_ids(
-    query: ValuesQuerySet[ModelT, RowT],
+    query: QuerySet[ModelT, RowT],
     user_ids: list[int],
     field: str,
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[ModelT, RowT]:
+) -> QuerySet[ModelT, RowT]:
     """
     This function optimizes searches of the form
     `user_profile_id in (1, 2, 3, 4)` by quickly
diff --git a/zerver/lib/stream_subscription.py b/zerver/lib/stream_subscription.py
index 719114c9b4..f04539b931 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/stream_subscription.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/stream_subscription.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from operator import itemgetter
 from typing import Any
 
 from django.db.models import Q, QuerySet
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 
 from zerver.models import AlertWord, Realm, Recipient, Stream, Subscription, UserProfile, UserTopic
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ def get_active_subscriptions_for_stream_ids(stream_ids: set[int]) -> QuerySet[Su
 
 def get_subscribed_stream_ids_for_user(
     user_profile: UserProfile,
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[Subscription, int]:
+) -> QuerySet[Subscription, int]:
     return Subscription.objects.filter(
         user_profile_id=user_profile,
         recipient__type=Recipient.STREAM,
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ def get_subscribed_stream_ids_for_user(
 
 def get_subscribed_stream_recipient_ids_for_user(
     user_profile: UserProfile,
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[Subscription, int]:
+) -> QuerySet[Subscription, int]:
     return Subscription.objects.filter(
         user_profile_id=user_profile,
         recipient__type=Recipient.STREAM,
diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
index df3df6ff6c..3566aae659 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from django.core.signals import got_request_exception
 from django.db import connection, transaction
 from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor
 from django.db.migrations.state import StateApps
+from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBase
 from django.http.response import ResponseHeaders
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ from django.urls import resolve
 from django.utils import translation
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 from fakeldap import MockLDAP
 from openapi_core.contrib.django import DjangoOpenAPIRequest, DjangoOpenAPIResponse
 from requests import PreparedRequest
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ Output:
         """
         self.assertEqual(self.get_json_error(result, status_code=status_code), msg)
 
-    def assert_length(self, items: Collection[Any] | ValuesQuerySet[Any, Any], count: int) -> None:
+    def assert_length(self, items: Collection[Any] | QuerySet[Any, Any], count: int) -> None:
         actual_count = len(items)
         if actual_count != count:  # nocoverage
             print("\nITEMS:\n")
diff --git a/zerver/lib/user_groups.py b/zerver/lib/user_groups.py
index dc9f9eac3a..541e1b58b6 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/user_groups.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/user_groups.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from django.db.models import F, QuerySet
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django_cte import With
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
 from psycopg2.sql import SQL, Literal
 
 from zerver.lib.exceptions import (
@@ -441,7 +440,7 @@ def get_direct_user_groups(user_profile: UserProfile) -> list[UserGroup]:
 
 def get_user_group_direct_member_ids(
     user_group: UserGroup,
-) -> ValuesQuerySet[UserGroupMembership, int]:
+) -> QuerySet[UserGroupMembership, int]:
     return UserGroupMembership.objects.filter(user_group=user_group).values_list(
         "user_profile_id", flat=True
     )
diff --git a/zerver/models/recipients.py b/zerver/models/recipients.py
index dc06d00dcd..38a4bc5c8f 100644
--- a/zerver/models/recipients.py
+++ b/zerver/models/recipients.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.db import models, transaction
-from django_stubs_ext import ValuesQuerySet
+from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from typing_extensions import override
 
 from zerver.lib.display_recipient import get_display_recipient
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Recipient(models.Model):
         return self._type_names[self.type]
 
 
-def get_direct_message_group_user_ids(recipient: Recipient) -> ValuesQuerySet["Subscription", int]:
+def get_direct_message_group_user_ids(recipient: Recipient) -> QuerySet["Subscription", int]:
     from zerver.models import Subscription
 
     assert recipient.type == Recipient.DIRECT_MESSAGE_GROUP