diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -301,7 +301,10 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
### namedtuple
################################################################################

-_nt_itemgetters = {}

def namedtuple(typename, field_names, *, rename=False, module=None):
    """Returns a new subclass of tuple with named fields.
@@ -427,15 +430,10 @@ def __getnewargs__(self):
        '_asdict': _asdict,
        '__getnewargs__': __getnewargs__,
    }
-    cache = _nt_itemgetters
    for index, name in enumerate(field_names):
-        try:
-            itemgetter_object, doc = cache[index]
-        except KeyError:
-            itemgetter_object = _itemgetter(index)
-            doc = f'Alias for field number {index}'
-            cache[index] = itemgetter_object, doc
-        class_namespace[name] = property(itemgetter_object, doc=doc)

    result = type(typename, (tuple,), class_namespace)


diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -2354,6 +2354,28 @@ _count_elements(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
    Py_RETURN_NONE;
}

/* module level code ********************************************************/

PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -2354,6 +2354,28 @@ _count_elements(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) @@
         Py_RETURN_NONE;
     }
     /* module level code ********************************************************/
     PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
@@ Expand Down @@