diff --git a/Objects/descrobject.c b/Objects/descrobject.c
index 914b6d3..d6b789d 100644
--- a/Objects/descrobject.c
+++ b/Objects/descrobject.c
@@ -701,15 +701,6 @@
 };
 
 static PyObject *
-proxy_has_key(proxyobject *pp, PyObject *key)
-{
-	int res = PyDict_Contains(pp->dict, key);
-	if (res < 0)
-		return NULL;
-	return PyBool_FromLong(res);
-}
-
-static PyObject *
 proxy_get(proxyobject *pp, PyObject *args)
 {
 	PyObject *key, *def = Py_None;
@@ -761,10 +752,8 @@
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef proxy_methods[] = {
-	{"has_key",   (PyCFunction)proxy_has_key,    METH_O,
-	 PyDoc_STR("D.has_key(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False")},
 	{"get",       (PyCFunction)proxy_get,        METH_VARARGS,
-	 PyDoc_STR("D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if D.has_key(k), else d."
+	 PyDoc_STR("D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if k in D, else d."
 	 				"  d defaults to None.")},
 	{"keys",      (PyCFunction)proxy_keys,       METH_NOARGS,
 	 PyDoc_STR("D.keys() -> list of D's keys")},