diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 844aca6be90..a35cda1fe88 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -910,10 +910,8 @@ compiler_add_o(struct compiler *c, PyObject *dict, PyObject *o)
 {
 	PyObject *t, *v;
 	Py_ssize_t arg;
-	unsigned char *p, *q;
-	Py_complex z;
+	unsigned char *p;
 	double d;
-	int real_part_zero, imag_part_zero;
 
 	/* necessary to make sure types aren't coerced (e.g., int and long) */
         /* _and_ to distinguish 0.0 from -0.0 e.g. on IEEE platforms */
@@ -928,7 +926,11 @@ compiler_add_o(struct compiler *c, PyObject *dict, PyObject *o)
 		else
 			t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
 	}
+#ifndef WITHOUT_COMPLEX
 	else if (PyComplex_Check(o)) {
+		Py_complex z;
+		int real_part_zero, imag_part_zero;
+		unsigned char *q;
 		/* complex case is even messier: we need to make complex(x,
 		   0.) different from complex(x, -0.) and complex(0., y)
 		   different from complex(-0., y), for any x and y.  In
@@ -958,6 +960,7 @@ compiler_add_o(struct compiler *c, PyObject *dict, PyObject *o)
 			t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
 		}
         }
+#endif /* WITHOUT_COMPLEX */
 	else {
 		t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
         }
diff --git a/Python/formatter_string.c b/Python/formatter_string.c
index e6a4d4baf53..06a2ef59031 100644
--- a/Python/formatter_string.c
+++ b/Python/formatter_string.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /***********************************************************************/
 /* Implements the string (as opposed to unicode) version of the
    built-in formatters for string, int, float.  That is, the versions
-   of int.__float__, etc., that take and return string objects */
+   of int.__format__, etc., that take and return string objects */
 
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "../Objects/stringlib/stringdefs.h"
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #define FORMAT_LONG    _PyLong_FormatAdvanced
 #define FORMAT_INT     _PyInt_FormatAdvanced
 #define FORMAT_FLOAT   _PyFloat_FormatAdvanced
+#ifndef WITHOUT_COMPLEX
 #define FORMAT_COMPLEX _PyComplex_FormatAdvanced
+#endif
 
 #include "../Objects/stringlib/formatter.h"