diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 960752c..a48735f 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@
         goto error;
     }
 
-    data = _PyObject_CallMethodId(stream, &PyId_read, "");
+    data = _PyObject_CallMethodId(stream, &PyId_read, NULL);
     if (data == NULL)
         goto error;
     if (!PyBytes_Check(data)) {
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
index 721293a..39eba7c 100644
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -3399,7 +3399,7 @@
     }
     else if (self->handle_close) {
         Py_DECREF(res);
-        return PyObject_CallFunction(self->handle_close, "");
+        return _PyObject_CallNoArg(self->handle_close);
     }
     else {
         return res;
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index 409fa74..4a10ce5 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
     aggregate_instance = (PyObject**)sqlite3_aggregate_context(context, sizeof(PyObject*));
 
     if (*aggregate_instance == 0) {
-        *aggregate_instance = PyObject_CallFunction(aggregate_class, "");
+        *aggregate_instance = PyObject_CallFunction(aggregate_class, NULL);
 
         if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
             *aggregate_instance = 0;
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
     PyErr_Fetch(&exception, &value, &tb);
     restore = 1;
 
-    function_result = _PyObject_CallMethodId(*aggregate_instance, &PyId_finalize, "");
+    function_result = _PyObject_CallMethodId(*aggregate_instance, &PyId_finalize, NULL);
 
     Py_DECREF(*aggregate_instance);
 
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
 
     gilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
 #endif
-    ret = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject*)user_arg, "");
+    ret = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject*)user_arg, NULL);
 
     if (!ret) {
         if (_enable_callback_tracebacks) {
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
     PyObject* result = 0;
     PyObject* method = 0;
 
-    cursor = _PyObject_CallMethodId((PyObject*)self, &PyId_cursor, "");
+    cursor = _PyObject_CallMethodId((PyObject*)self, &PyId_cursor, NULL);
     if (!cursor) {
         goto error;
     }
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@
     PyObject* result = 0;
     PyObject* method = 0;
 
-    cursor = _PyObject_CallMethodId((PyObject*)self, &PyId_cursor, "");
+    cursor = _PyObject_CallMethodId((PyObject*)self, &PyId_cursor, NULL);
     if (!cursor) {
         goto error;
     }
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@
     PyObject* result = 0;
     PyObject* method = 0;
 
-    cursor = _PyObject_CallMethodId((PyObject*)self, &PyId_cursor, "");
+    cursor = _PyObject_CallMethodId((PyObject*)self, &PyId_cursor, NULL);
     if (!cursor) {
         goto error;
     }
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@
         goto finally;
     }
 
-    uppercase_name = _PyObject_CallMethodId(name, &PyId_upper, "");
+    uppercase_name = _PyObject_CallMethodId(name, &PyId_upper, NULL);
     if (!uppercase_name) {
         goto finally;
     }
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@
         method_name = "rollback";
     }
 
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod((PyObject*)self, method_name, "");
+    result = PyObject_CallMethod((PyObject*)self, method_name, NULL);
     if (!result) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 98eb961..e2c7a34 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     PyObject* retval;
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(upper);
 
-    upcase_key = _PyObject_CallMethodId(key, &PyId_upper, "");
+    upcase_key = _PyObject_CallMethodId(key, &PyId_upper, NULL);
     if (!upcase_key) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/module.c b/Modules/_sqlite/module.c
index 7cd6d2a..cc45331 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/module.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/module.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     }
 
     /* convert the name to upper case */
-    name = _PyObject_CallMethodId(orig_name, &PyId_upper, "");
+    name = _PyObject_CallMethodId(orig_name, &PyId_upper, NULL);
     if (!name) {
         goto error;
     }
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 7b6c2c1..2fb5a14 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@
     PyObject *rc;
     int success;
     PyGILState_STATE s = PyGILState_Ensure();
-    rc = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)callable, "");
+    rc = _PyObject_CallNoArg((PyObject *)callable);
     success = (rc != NULL);
     Py_XDECREF(rc);
     PyGILState_Release(s);
@@ -3406,7 +3406,7 @@
     /* Allocate a Python thread state for this thread */
     state = PyGILState_Ensure();
 
-    res = PyObject_CallFunction(test_c_thread->callback, "", NULL);
+    res = _PyObject_CallNoArg(test_c_thread->callback);
     Py_CLEAR(test_c_thread->callback);
 
     if (res == NULL) {
diff --git a/Modules/faulthandler.c b/Modules/faulthandler.c
index d6322d0..8969b4c 100644
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         return fd;
     }
 
-    result = _PyObject_CallMethodId(file, &PyId_fileno, "");
+    result = _PyObject_CallMethodId(file, &PyId_fileno, NULL);
     if (result == NULL)
         return -1;
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    result = _PyObject_CallMethodId(file, &PyId_flush, "");
+    result = _PyObject_CallMethodId(file, &PyId_flush, NULL);
     if (result != NULL)
         Py_DECREF(result);
     else {
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
     if (module == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
-    res = _PyObject_CallMethodId(module, &PyId_enable, "");
+    res = _PyObject_CallMethodId(module, &PyId_enable, NULL);
     Py_DECREF(module);
     if (res == NULL)
         return -1;