diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 8f06c4e..1ca422a 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@
 		Objects/floatobject.o \
 		Objects/frameobject.o \
 		Objects/funcobject.o \
-		Objects/intobject.o \
 		Objects/iterobject.o \
 		Objects/listobject.o \
 		Objects/longobject.o \
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 3659225..79d734e 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+long
+PyInt_GetMax(void)
+{
+	return LONG_MAX;	/* To initialize sys.maxint */
+}
+
 #ifndef NSMALLPOSINTS
 #define NSMALLPOSINTS		257
 #endif