diff --git a/Objects/descrobject.c b/Objects/descrobject.c
index e75fc80..a1a2c51 100644
--- a/Objects/descrobject.c
+++ b/Objects/descrobject.c
@@ -384,8 +384,7 @@
 }
 
 static PyTypeObject PyMethodDescr_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"method_descriptor",
 	sizeof(PyMethodDescrObject),
 	0,
@@ -423,8 +422,7 @@
 
 /* This is for METH_CLASS in C, not for "f = classmethod(f)" in Python! */
 static PyTypeObject PyClassMethodDescr_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"classmethod_descriptor",
 	sizeof(PyMethodDescrObject),
 	0,
@@ -461,8 +459,7 @@
 };
 
 static PyTypeObject PyMemberDescr_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"member_descriptor",
 	sizeof(PyMemberDescrObject),
 	0,
@@ -499,8 +496,7 @@
 };
 
 static PyTypeObject PyGetSetDescr_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"getset_descriptor",
 	sizeof(PyGetSetDescrObject),
 	0,
@@ -537,8 +533,7 @@
 };
 
 PyTypeObject PyWrapperDescr_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"wrapper_descriptor",
 	sizeof(PyWrapperDescrObject),
 	0,
@@ -816,8 +811,7 @@
 }
 
 static PyTypeObject proxytype = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,					/* ob_size */
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"dictproxy",				/* tp_name */
 	sizeof(proxyobject),			/* tp_basicsize */
 	0,					/* tp_itemsize */
@@ -998,8 +992,7 @@
 }
 
 static PyTypeObject wrappertype = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,					/* ob_size */
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"method-wrapper",			/* tp_name */
 	sizeof(wrapperobject),			/* tp_basicsize */
 	0,					/* tp_itemsize */
@@ -1229,8 +1222,7 @@
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,					/* ob_size */
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"property",				/* tp_name */
 	sizeof(propertyobject),			/* tp_basicsize */
 	0,					/* tp_itemsize */