--- a/mercurial/configitems.py	Mon Feb 21 13:03:43 2022 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py	Mon Feb 21 13:08:28 2022 -0700
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         knownitems.update(items)
 
 
-class configitem(object):
+class configitem:
     """represent a known config item
 
     :section: the official config section where to find this item,