remove tautological condition (closes #22954)
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index d0ac3ac..619ac9b 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -4798,7 +4798,7 @@
                      "%s.__new__(%s) is not safe, use %s.__new__()",
                      type->tp_name,
                      subtype->tp_name,
-                     staticbase == NULL ? "?" : staticbase->tp_name);
+                     staticbase->tp_name);
         return NULL;
     }