diff --git a/Include/Python.h b/Include/Python.h
index 5b45b38..54058a5 100644
--- a/Include/Python.h
+++ b/Include/Python.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 #include "compile.h"
 #include "eval.h"
 
+#include "pyctype.h"
 #include "pystrtod.h"
 #include "pystrcmp.h"
 #include "dtoa.h"
diff --git a/Include/bytes_methods.h b/Include/bytes_methods.h
index e973261..0938446 100644
--- a/Include/bytes_methods.h
+++ b/Include/bytes_methods.h
@@ -38,23 +38,15 @@
 extern const char _Py_swapcase__doc__[];
 extern const char _Py_maketrans__doc__[];
 
-#define FLAG_LOWER  0x01
-#define FLAG_UPPER  0x02
-#define FLAG_ALPHA  (FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_UPPER)
-#define FLAG_DIGIT  0x04
-#define FLAG_ALNUM  (FLAG_ALPHA|FLAG_DIGIT)
-#define FLAG_SPACE  0x08
-#define FLAG_XDIGIT 0x10
-
-extern const unsigned int _Py_ctype_table[256];
-
-#define ISLOWER(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_LOWER)
-#define ISUPPER(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_UPPER)
-#define ISALPHA(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_ALPHA)
-#define ISDIGIT(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_DIGIT)
-#define ISXDIGIT(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_XDIGIT)
-#define ISALNUM(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_ALNUM)
-#define ISSPACE(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_SPACE)
+/* These are left in for backward compatibility and will be removed
+   in 2.8/3.2 */
+#define ISLOWER(c)  Py_ISLOWER(c)
+#define ISUPPER(c)  Py_ISUPPER(c)
+#define ISALPHA(c)  Py_ISALPHA(c)
+#define ISDIGIT(c)  Py_ISDIGIT(c)
+#define ISXDIGIT(c) Py_ISXDIGIT(c)
+#define ISALNUM(c)  Py_ISALNUM(c)
+#define ISSPACE(c)  Py_ISSPACE(c)
 
 #undef islower
 #define islower(c) undefined_islower(c)
@@ -71,11 +63,10 @@
 #undef isspace
 #define isspace(c) undefined_isspace(c)
 
-extern const unsigned char _Py_ctype_tolower[256];
-extern const unsigned char _Py_ctype_toupper[256];
-
-#define TOLOWER(c) (_Py_ctype_tolower[Py_CHARMASK(c)])
-#define TOUPPER(c) (_Py_ctype_toupper[Py_CHARMASK(c)])
+/* These are left in for backward compatibility and will be removed
+   in 2.8/3.2 */
+#define TOLOWER(c) Py_TOLOWER(c)
+#define TOUPPER(c) Py_TOUPPER(c)
 
 #undef tolower
 #define tolower(c) undefined_tolower(c)