diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c411531341b..b067f48651d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ Library
 - Issue #27842: The csv.DictReader now returns rows of type OrderedDict.
   (Contributed by Steve Holden.)
 
+- Remove support for passing a file descriptor to os.access. It never worked but
+  previously didn't raise.
+
 - Issue #12885: Fix error when distutils encounters symlink.
 
 - Issue #27881: Fixed possible bugs when setting sqlite3.Connection.isolation_level.
diff --git a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
index 26dedd1a734..4b44257cfbc 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(os_access__doc__,
 "Use the real uid/gid to test for access to a path.\n"
 "\n"
 "  path\n"
-"    Path to be tested; can be string, bytes, or open-file-descriptor int.\n"
+"    Path to be tested; can be string or bytes\n"
 "  mode\n"
 "    Operating-system mode bitfield.  Can be F_OK to test existence,\n"
 "    or the inclusive-OR of R_OK, W_OK, and X_OK.\n"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ os_access(PyObject *module, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
     static const char * const _keywords[] = {"path", "mode", "dir_fd", "effective_ids", "follow_symlinks", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {"O&i|$O&pp:access", _keywords, 0};
-    path_t path = PATH_T_INITIALIZE("access", "path", 0, 1);
+    path_t path = PATH_T_INITIALIZE("access", "path", 0, 0);
     int mode;
     int dir_fd = DEFAULT_DIR_FD;
     int effective_ids = 0;
@@ -6042,4 +6042,4 @@ exit:
 #ifndef OS_SET_HANDLE_INHERITABLE_METHODDEF
     #define OS_SET_HANDLE_INHERITABLE_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(OS_SET_HANDLE_INHERITABLE_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=97180b6734421a7d input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=2b85bb3703a6488a input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index f9693e8d579..c9ac1f783ef 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -2595,8 +2595,8 @@ os_lstat_impl(PyObject *module, path_t *path, int dir_fd)
 /*[clinic input]
 os.access -> bool
 
-    path: path_t(allow_fd=True)
-        Path to be tested; can be string, bytes, or open-file-descriptor int.
+    path: path_t
+        Path to be tested; can be string or bytes
 
     mode: int
         Operating-system mode bitfield.  Can be F_OK to test existence,
@@ -2634,7 +2634,7 @@ Note that most operations will use the effective uid/gid, therefore this
 static int
 os_access_impl(PyObject *module, path_t *path, int mode, int dir_fd,
                int effective_ids, int follow_symlinks)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=cf84158bc90b1a77 input=b75a756797af45ec]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=cf84158bc90b1a77 input=8e8c3a6ba791fee3]*/
 {
     int return_value;