diff --git a/Python/formatter_unicode.c b/Python/formatter_unicode.c
index 661bf192e9e..a263efc84f8 100644
--- a/Python/formatter_unicode.c
+++ b/Python/formatter_unicode.c
@@ -802,9 +802,6 @@ done:
 /*********** long formatting ********************************************/
 /************************************************************************/
 
-typedef PyObject*
-(*IntOrLongToString)(PyObject *value, int base);
-
 static int
 format_long_internal(PyObject *value, const InternalFormatSpec *format,
                      _PyUnicodeWriter *writer)