diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index 787d113..530426c 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ range_dealloc(rangeobject *r)
     Py_DECREF(r->stop);
     Py_DECREF(r->step);
     Py_DECREF(r->length);
-    PyObject_Del(r);
+    PyObject_Free(r);
 }
 
 /* Return number of items in range (lo, hi, step) as a PyLong object,
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ longrangeiter_dealloc(longrangeiterobject *r)
     Py_XDECREF(r->start);
     Py_XDECREF(r->step);
     Py_XDECREF(r->len);
-    PyObject_Del(r);
+    PyObject_Free(r);
 }
 
 static PyObject *