diff --git a/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py b/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py
index ae67001af8b..2bd39110281 100644
--- a/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py
+++ b/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py
@@ -557,18 +557,14 @@ def _get_win_folder_with_jna(csidl_name):
 
 if system == "win32":
     try:
-        import win32com.shell
-        _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_pywin32
+        from ctypes import windll
+        _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_ctypes
     except ImportError:
         try:
-            from ctypes import windll
-            _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_ctypes
+            import com.sun.jna
+            _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_jna
         except ImportError:
-            try:
-                import com.sun.jna
-                _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_jna
-            except ImportError:
-                _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_from_registry
+            _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_from_registry
 
 
 #---- self test code
diff --git a/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.pyi b/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 80afcfce1a3..00000000000
--- a/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from appdirs import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/vendoring/__init__.py b/tasks/vendoring/__init__.py
index 555e87a32df..36bbdec68b3 100644
--- a/tasks/vendoring/__init__.py
+++ b/tasks/vendoring/__init__.py
@@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ def update_stubs(ctx):
 
     print("[vendoring.update_stubs] Add mypy stubs")
 
-    # Some projects need stubs other than a simple <name>.pyi
     extra_stubs_needed = {
-        "six": ["six.__init__", "six.moves"]
+        # Some projects need stubs other than a simple <name>.pyi
+        "six": ["six.__init__", "six.moves"],
+        # Some projects should not have stubs coz they're single file modules
+        "appdirs": [],
     }
 
     for lib in vendored_libs:
diff --git a/tasks/vendoring/patches/appdirs.patch b/tasks/vendoring/patches/appdirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73f9f2b743a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/vendoring/patches/appdirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py b/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py
+index ae67001a..2bd39110 100644
+--- a/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py
++++ b/src/pip/_vendor/appdirs.py
+@@ -557,18 +557,14 @@ def _get_win_folder_with_jna(csidl_name):
+
+ if system == "win32":
+     try:
+-        import win32com.shell
+-        _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_pywin32
++        from ctypes import windll
++        _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_ctypes
+     except ImportError:
+         try:
+-            from ctypes import windll
+-            _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_ctypes
++            import com.sun.jna
++            _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_jna
+         except ImportError:
+-            try:
+-                import com.sun.jna
+-                _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_jna
+-            except ImportError:
+-                _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_from_registry
++            _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_from_registry
+
+
+ #---- self test code