diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index b73e4878942..7f1b80a5e51 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -705,6 +705,14 @@ class TestUpdateWrapper(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(wrapper.__doc__.startswith('max('))
         self.assertEqual(wrapper.__annotations__, {})
 
+    def test_update_type_wrapper(self):
+        def wrapper(*args): pass
+
+        functools.update_wrapper(wrapper, type)
+        self.assertEqual(wrapper.__name__, 'type')
+        self.assertEqual(wrapper.__annotations__, {})
+        self.assertEqual(wrapper.__type_params__, ())
+
 
 class TestWraps(TestUpdateWrapper):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_type_params.py b/Lib/test/test_type_params.py
index 38416315173..ad5339ef448 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_type_params.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_type_params.py
@@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ class TypeParamsAccessTest(unittest.TestCase):
                                             r"Cannot use [a-z]+ in annotation scope within class scope"):
                     run_code(code.format(case))
 
+    def test_type_special_case(self):
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119011
+        self.assertEqual(type.__type_params__, ())
+        self.assertEqual(object.__type_params__, ())
+
 
 def make_base(arg):
     class Base:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0083c18da13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixes ``type.__type_params__`` to return an empty tuple instead of a
+descriptor.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 0a21ec8dbb5..bf2be42f73f 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -1506,8 +1506,11 @@ type_set_annotations(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *value, void *context)
 static PyObject *
 type_get_type_params(PyTypeObject *type, void *context)
 {
-    PyObject *params = PyDict_GetItemWithError(lookup_tp_dict(type), &_Py_ID(__type_params__));
+    if (type == &PyType_Type) {
+        return PyTuple_New(0);
+    }
 
+    PyObject *params = PyDict_GetItemWithError(lookup_tp_dict(type), &_Py_ID(__type_params__));
     if (params) {
         return Py_NewRef(params);
     }