diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 07032f4..c79636d 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3281,7 +3281,7 @@
 	static PyObject *del_str, *set_str;
 
 	if (value == NULL)
-		res = call_method(self, "__del__", &del_str,
+		res = call_method(self, "__delete__", &del_str,
 				  "(O)", target);
 	else
 		res = call_method(self, "__set__", &set_str,