diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
index 91858c23ad62..af554c69bc02 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ class OffsetBox(martist.Artist):
     The child artists are meant to be drawn at a relative position to its
     parent.
 
-    Being an artist itself, all parameters are passed on to `.Artist`.
+    Being an artist itself, all keyword arguments are passed on to `.Artist`.
     """
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args)
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
         self._internal_update(kwargs)
         # Clipping has not been implemented in the OffsetBox family, so
         # disable the clip flag for consistency. It can always be turned back
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.pyi
index 3b1520e17138..8a2016c0320a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.pyi
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def _get_packed_offsets(
 class OffsetBox(martist.Artist):
     width: float | None
     height: float | None
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None: ...
     def set_figure(self, fig: Figure | SubFigure) -> None: ...
     def set_offset(
         self,