diff --git a/Include/ceval.h b/Include/ceval.h
index a48d23c..ad61373 100644
--- a/Include/ceval.h
+++ b/Include/ceval.h
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(
 	PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
-/* DLL-level Backwards compatibility: */
-#undef PyEval_CallObject
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyEval_CallObject(PyObject *, PyObject *);
-
 /* Inline this */
 #define PyEval_CallObject(func,arg) \
         PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, arg, (PyObject *)NULL)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6b645c8..3efed78 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@
 C-API
 -----
 
+- Issue #8276: PyEval_CallObject() is now only available in macro form.  The
+  function declaration, which was kept for backwards compatibility reasons,
+  is now removed (the macro was introduced in 1997!).
+
 - Issue #7767: New function PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow added,
   analogous to PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow.
 
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 4e8557d..0c14eb0 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -3695,18 +3695,7 @@
 
 
 /* External interface to call any callable object.
-   The arg must be a tuple or NULL. */
-
-#undef PyEval_CallObject
-/* for backward compatibility: export this interface */
-
-PyObject *
-PyEval_CallObject(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg)
-{
-	return PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, arg, (PyObject *)NULL);
-}
-#define PyEval_CallObject(func,arg) \
-        PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, arg, (PyObject *)NULL)
+   The arg must be a tuple or NULL.  The kw must be a dict or NULL. */
 
 PyObject *
 PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)