diff --git a/typing_extensions/CHANGELOG b/typing_extensions/CHANGELOG
index d8820afa0..ac8f868a8 100644
--- a/typing_extensions/CHANGELOG
+++ b/typing_extensions/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,3 +2,21 @@
 
 Starting with version 4.0.0, typing_extensions uses Semantic Versioning.
 See the README for more information.
+
+Dropped support for Python versions 3.5 and older.
+
+Simplified backports for Python 3.6.0 and newer.
+Patch by Adam Turner (@AA-Turner).
+
+## Removed in version 4.0.0
+
+The following non-exported but non-private names have been removed as they are
+unneeded for supporting Python 3.6 and newer.
+
+- TypingMeta
+- OLD_GENERICS
+- SUBS_TREE
+- HAVE_ANNOTATED
+- HAVE_PROTOCOLS
+- V_co
+- VT_co
diff --git a/typing_extensions/src_py3/typing_extensions.py b/typing_extensions/src_py3/typing_extensions.py
index cf429a892..1e96d1460 100644
--- a/typing_extensions/src_py3/typing_extensions.py
+++ b/typing_extensions/src_py3/typing_extensions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import abc
 import collections
 import collections.abc
+import operator
 import sys
 import typing
 
@@ -67,11 +68,15 @@ def _check_generic(cls, parameters):
     'SupportsIndex',
 
     # One-off things.
+    'Annotated',
     'final',
     'IntVar',
     'Literal',
     'NewType',
     'overload',
+    'Protocol',
+    'runtime',
+    'runtime_checkable',
     'Text',
     'TypeAlias',
     'TypeGuard',
@@ -81,8 +86,6 @@ def _check_generic(cls, parameters):
 if PEP_560:
     __all__.extend(["get_args", "get_origin", "get_type_hints"])
 
-__all__.extend(['Annotated', 'Protocol', 'runtime', 'runtime_checkable'])
-
 # 3.6.2+
 if hasattr(typing, 'NoReturn'):
     NoReturn = typing.NoReturn
@@ -1043,9 +1046,6 @@ def _typeddict_new(*args, total=True, **kwargs):
 
     class _TypedDictMeta(type):
         def __init__(cls, name, bases, ns, total=True):
-            # In Python 3.4 and 3.5 the __init__ method also needs to support the
-            # keyword arguments.
-            # See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0487/#implementation-details
             super().__init__(name, bases, ns)
 
         def __new__(cls, name, bases, ns, total=True):
@@ -1130,8 +1130,6 @@ class Point2D(TypedDict):
     _AnnotatedAlias = typing._AnnotatedAlias
 # 3.7-3.8
 elif PEP_560:
-    import operator
-
     class _AnnotatedAlias(typing._GenericAlias, _root=True):
         """Runtime representation of an annotated type.