diff --git a/Include/rangeobject.h b/Include/rangeobject.h
index 50aa061..359bcb6 100644
--- a/Include/rangeobject.h
+++ b/Include/rangeobject.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #define PyRange_Check(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyRange_Type)
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyRange_New(long, long, long, int);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a1dfa45..32da2f7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 C API
 -----
 
+- Removed PyRange_New().
+
 
 Tests
 -----
diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index dabb8d4..2f5d164 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -9,51 +9,6 @@
 	long	len;
 } rangeobject;
 
-/* XXX PyRange_New should be deprecated.  It's not documented.  It's not
- * used in the core.  Its error-checking is akin to Swiss cheese:  accepts
- * step == 0; accepts len < 0; ignores that (len - 1) * step may overflow;
- * raises a baffling "integer addition" exception if it thinks the last
- * item is "too big"; and doesn't compute whether "last item is too big"
- * correctly even if the multiplication doesn't overflow.
- */
-PyObject *
-PyRange_New(long start, long len, long step, int reps)
-{
-	rangeobject *obj;
-
-	if (reps != 1) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-			"PyRange_New's 'repetitions' argument must be 1");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	obj = PyObject_New(rangeobject, &PyRange_Type);
-	if (obj == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (len == 0) {
-		start = 0;
-		len = 0;
-		step = 1;
-	}
-	else {
-		long last = start + (len - 1) * step;
-		if ((step > 0) ?
-		    (last > (PyInt_GetMax() - step)) :
-		    (last < (-1 - PyInt_GetMax() - step))) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-					"integer addition");
-			Py_DECREF(obj);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	obj->start = start;
-	obj->len   = len;
-	obj->step  = step;
-
-	return (PyObject *) obj;
-}
-
 /* Return number of items in range/xrange (lo, hi, step).  step > 0
  * required.  Return a value < 0 if & only if the true value is too
  * large to fit in a signed long.