diff --git a/Include/ceval.h b/Include/ceval.h
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ extern "C" {

/* Interface to random parts in ceval.c */

PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(
    PyObject *callable,
    PyObject *args,

diff --git a/Objects/call.c b/Objects/call.c
@@ -939,25 +939,20 @@ PyObject_CallFunction(PyObject *callable, const char *format, ...)
}


PyObject *
PyEval_CallFunction(PyObject *callable, const char *format, ...)
{
-    va_list vargs;
-    PyObject *args;
-    PyObject *res;
-
-    va_start(vargs, format);
-
-    args = Py_VaBuildValue(format, vargs);
-    va_end(vargs);
-
-    if (args == NULL)
-        return NULL;

-    res = PyEval_CallObject(callable, args);
-    Py_DECREF(args);

-    return res;
}


@@ -1014,33 +1009,29 @@ PyObject_CallMethod(PyObject *obj, const char *name, const char *format, ...)
}


PyObject *
PyEval_CallMethod(PyObject *obj, const char *name, const char *format, ...)
{
-    va_list vargs;
-    PyObject *meth;
-    PyObject *args;
-    PyObject *res;
-
-    meth = PyObject_GetAttrString(obj, name);
-    if (meth == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-
-    va_start(vargs, format);

-    args = Py_VaBuildValue(format, vargs);
-    va_end(vargs);

-    if (args == NULL) {
-        Py_DECREF(meth);
        return NULL;
-    }

-    res = PyEval_CallObject(meth, args);
-    Py_DECREF(meth);
-    Py_DECREF(args);

-    return res;
}