diff --git a/Modules/parsermodule.c b/Modules/parsermodule.c
index b2495fc..ef63ca9 100644
--- a/Modules/parsermodule.c
+++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c
@@ -1080,25 +1080,20 @@
     NOTE(ARGUNUSED(self))
     PyObject *result = NULL;
     PyObject *st = NULL;
-    PyObject *empty_dict = NULL;
 
     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!:_pickler", &PyST_Type, &st)) {
         PyObject *newargs;
         PyObject *tuple;
 
-        if ((empty_dict = PyDict_New()) == NULL)
-            goto finally;
-        if ((newargs = Py_BuildValue("Oi", st, 1)) == NULL)
-            goto finally;
-        tuple = parser_st2tuple((PyST_Object*)NULL, newargs, empty_dict);
+        if ((newargs = PyTuple_Pack(2, st, Py_True)) == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+        tuple = parser_st2tuple((PyST_Object*)NULL, newargs, NULL);
         if (tuple != NULL) {
             result = Py_BuildValue("O(O)", pickle_constructor, tuple);
             Py_DECREF(tuple);
         }
         Py_DECREF(newargs);
     }
-  finally:
-    Py_XDECREF(empty_dict);
 
     return (result);
 }