diff --git a/Modules/mathmodule.c b/Modules/mathmodule.c
index 939954c95d9..544560e8322 100644
--- a/Modules/mathmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mathmodule.c
@@ -875,9 +875,7 @@ is_error(double x)
 */
 
 static PyObject *
-math_1_to_whatever(PyObject *arg, double (*func) (double),
-                   PyObject *(*from_double_func) (double),
-                   int can_overflow)
+math_1(PyObject *arg, double (*func) (double), int can_overflow)
 {
     double x, r;
     x = PyFloat_AsDouble(arg);
@@ -903,7 +901,7 @@ math_1_to_whatever(PyObject *arg, double (*func) (double),
         /* this branch unnecessary on most platforms */
         return NULL;
 
-    return (*from_double_func)(r);
+    return PyFloat_FromDouble(r);
 }
 
 /* variant of math_1, to be used when the function being wrapped is known to
@@ -951,12 +949,6 @@ math_1a(PyObject *arg, double (*func) (double))
    OverflowError.
 */
 
-static PyObject *
-math_1(PyObject *arg, double (*func) (double), int can_overflow)
-{
-    return math_1_to_whatever(arg, func, PyFloat_FromDouble, can_overflow);
-}
-
 static PyObject *
 math_2(PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
        double (*func) (double, double), const char *funcname)