diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index 360046bd0da..43da2095cdf 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -5606,11 +5606,6 @@ init_ctypes(void)
 		Py_INCREF(PyExc_ArgError);
 		PyModule_AddObject(m, "ArgumentError", PyExc_ArgError);
 	}
-	/*************************************************
-	 *
-	 * Others...
-	 */
-	init_callbacks_in_module(m);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c
index 0f8c8fa966d..ea43c68bc6c 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c
@@ -466,17 +466,6 @@ CThunkObject *AllocFunctionCallback(PyObject *callable,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/****************************************************************************
- *
- * callback objects: initialization
- */
-
-void init_callbacks_in_module(PyObject *m)
-{
-	if (PyType_Ready((PyTypeObject *)&PyType_Type) < 0)
-		return;
-}
-
 #ifdef MS_WIN32
 
 static void LoadPython(void)
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h b/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h
index cce733b3456..d5cb326be5c 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/ctypes.h
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ extern PyTypeObject StructType_Type;
 extern PyObject *
 CreateArrayType(PyObject *itemtype, Py_ssize_t length);
 
-extern void init_callbacks_in_module(PyObject *m);
-
 extern PyMethodDef module_methods[];
 
 extern CThunkObject *AllocFunctionCallback(PyObject *callable,