diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
index 3b22181..ea15c7b 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
@@ -920,10 +920,6 @@
            format the result. We take care of that later. */
         type = 'g';
 
-    /* 'F' is the same as 'f', per the PEP */
-    if (type == 'F')
-        type = 'f';
-
     val = PyFloat_AsDouble(value);
     if (val == -1.0 && PyErr_Occurred())
         goto done;
@@ -939,8 +935,15 @@
 
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03010000
     /* 3.1 no longer converts large 'f' to 'g'. */
-    if ((type == 'f' || type == 'F') && fabs(val) >= 1e50)
-        type = 'g';
+    if (fabs(val) >= 1e50)
+        switch (type) {
+        case 'f':
+            type = 'g';
+            break;
+        case 'F':
+            type = 'G';
+            break;
+        }
 #endif
 
     /* Cast "type", because if we're in unicode we need to pass a
@@ -1114,10 +1117,6 @@
            format the result. We take care of that later. */
         type = 'g';
 
-    /* 'F' is the same as 'f', per the PEP */
-    if (type == 'F')
-        type = 'f';
-
     if (precision < 0)
         precision = default_precision;