diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 217ffec1ee1007..b9c668543e1b73 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ asyncio
 * Add C implementation of :func:`asyncio.current_task` for 4x-6x speedup.
   (Contributed by Itamar Ostricher and Pranav Thulasiram Bhat in :gh:`100344`.)
 
+* :func:`asyncio.iscoroutine` now returns ``False`` for generators as
+  :mod:`asyncio` does not support legacy generator-based coroutines.
+  (Contributed by Kumar Aditya in :gh:`102748`.)
+
 inspect
 -------
 
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py b/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py
index 7fda0e449d500a..ab4f30eb51ba2c 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def iscoroutinefunction(func):
 
 # Prioritize native coroutine check to speed-up
 # asyncio.iscoroutine.
-_COROUTINE_TYPES = (types.CoroutineType, types.GeneratorType,
-                    collections.abc.Coroutine)
+_COROUTINE_TYPES = (types.CoroutineType, collections.abc.Coroutine)
 _iscoroutine_typecache = set()
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_pep492.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_pep492.py
index f833f788dcb98f..dc25a46985e349 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_pep492.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_pep492.py
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ async def foo(): pass
 
         self.assertTrue(asyncio.iscoroutine(FakeCoro()))
 
+    def test_iscoroutine_generator(self):
+        def foo(): yield
+
+        self.assertFalse(asyncio.iscoroutine(foo()))
+
+
     def test_iscoroutinefunction(self):
         async def foo(): pass
         self.assertTrue(asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(foo))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-16-08-17-29.gh-issue-102748.WNACpI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-16-08-17-29.gh-issue-102748.WNACpI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b1dc67f38fe85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-16-08-17-29.gh-issue-102748.WNACpI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:func:`asyncio.iscoroutine` now returns ``False`` for generators as
+:mod:`asyncio` does not support legacy generator-based coroutines.
+Patch by Kumar Aditya.