diff --git a/newsfragments/3835.added.md b/newsfragments/3835.added.md
index 55871f4cdf7..2970a4c8db4 100644
--- a/newsfragments/3835.added.md
+++ b/newsfragments/3835.added.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add `PyWeakRef`, `PyWeakProxy` and `PyWeakCallableProxy`.
+Add `PyWeakref`, `PyWeakrefReference` and `PyWeakrefProxy`.
diff --git a/src/prelude.rs b/src/prelude.rs
index 6fcd911e973..f9c2e69f8a5 100644
--- a/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/prelude.rs
@@ -46,5 +46,4 @@ pub use crate::types::string::PyStringMethods;
 pub use crate::types::traceback::PyTracebackMethods;
 pub use crate::types::tuple::PyTupleMethods;
 pub use crate::types::typeobject::PyTypeMethods;
-#[cfg(not(PyPy))]
 pub use crate::types::weakref::PyWeakrefMethods;
diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index aed1f12f08c..d8f79c134dc 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ pub use self::string::{PyString, PyString as PyUnicode, PyStringMethods};
 pub use self::traceback::{PyTraceback, PyTracebackMethods};
 pub use self::tuple::{PyTuple, PyTupleMethods};
 pub use self::typeobject::{PyType, PyTypeMethods};
-#[cfg(not(PyPy))]
 pub use self::weakref::{PyWeakref, PyWeakrefMethods, PyWeakrefProxy, PyWeakrefReference};
 
 /// Iteration over Python collections.
@@ -352,5 +351,4 @@ pub(crate) mod string;
 pub(crate) mod traceback;
 pub(crate) mod tuple;
 pub(crate) mod typeobject;
-#[cfg(not(any(PyPy, GraalPy)))] // FIXME: Remove this soon
 pub(crate) mod weakref;
diff --git a/src/types/weakref/reference.rs b/src/types/weakref/reference.rs
index 0fbd7e7c75c..904e129b25b 100644
--- a/src/types/weakref/reference.rs
+++ b/src/types/weakref/reference.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use super::PyWeakrefMethods;
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct PyWeakrefReference(PyAny);
 
+#[cfg(not(any(PyPy, GraalPy, Py_LIMITED_API)))]
 pyobject_native_type!(
     PyWeakrefReference,
     ffi::PyWeakReference,
@@ -21,6 +22,21 @@ pyobject_native_type!(
     #checkfunction=ffi::PyWeakref_CheckRefExact
 );
 
+// When targetting alternative or multiple interpreters, it is better to not use the internal API.
+#[cfg(any(PyPy, GraalPy, Py_LIMITED_API))]
+pyobject_native_type_named!(PyWeakrefReference);
+#[cfg(any(PyPy, GraalPy, Py_LIMITED_API))]
+pyobject_native_type_extract!(PyWeakrefReference);
+
+#[cfg(any(PyPy, GraalPy, Py_LIMITED_API))]
+impl PyTypeCheck for PyWeakrefReference {
+    const NAME: &'static str = "weakref.ReferenceType";
+
+    fn type_check(object: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> bool {
+        unsafe { ffi::PyWeakref_CheckRef(object.as_ptr()) > 0 }
+    }
+}
+
 impl PyWeakrefReference {
     /// Deprecated form of [`PyWeakrefReference::new_bound`].
     #[inline]