diff --git a/Objects/classobject.c b/Objects/classobject.c
index 46525a7..40cbeaa 100644
--- a/Objects/classobject.c
+++ b/Objects/classobject.c
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@
 
 #define TP_DESCR_GET(t) ((t)->tp_descr_get)
 
-/* Free list for method objects to safe malloc/free overhead
- * The im_self element is used to chain the elements.
- */
-static PyMethodObject *free_list;
-static int numfree = 0;
-#ifndef PyMethod_MAXFREELIST
-#define PyMethod_MAXFREELIST 256
-#endif
-
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(__name__);
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(__qualname__);
 
@@ -103,21 +94,13 @@
 PyObject *
 PyMethod_New(PyObject *func, PyObject *self)
 {
-    PyMethodObject *im;
     if (self == NULL) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
         return NULL;
     }
-    im = free_list;
-    if (im != NULL) {
-        free_list = (PyMethodObject *)(im->im_self);
-        (void)PyObject_INIT(im, &PyMethod_Type);
-        numfree--;
-    }
-    else {
-        im = PyObject_GC_New(PyMethodObject, &PyMethod_Type);
-        if (im == NULL)
-            return NULL;
+    PyMethodObject *im = PyObject_GC_New(PyMethodObject, &PyMethod_Type);
+    if (im == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
     }
     im->im_weakreflist = NULL;
     Py_INCREF(func);
@@ -252,14 +235,7 @@
         PyObject_ClearWeakRefs((PyObject *)im);
     Py_DECREF(im->im_func);
     Py_XDECREF(im->im_self);
-    if (numfree < PyMethod_MAXFREELIST) {
-        im->im_self = (PyObject *)free_list;
-        free_list = im;
-        numfree++;
-    }
-    else {
-        PyObject_GC_Del(im);
-    }
+    PyObject_GC_Del(im);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -395,16 +371,7 @@
 int
 PyMethod_ClearFreeList(void)
 {
-    int freelist_size = numfree;
-
-    while (free_list) {
-        PyMethodObject *im = free_list;
-        free_list = (PyMethodObject *)(im->im_self);
-        PyObject_GC_Del(im);
-        numfree--;
-    }
-    assert(numfree == 0);
-    return freelist_size;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 void
@@ -413,15 +380,6 @@
     (void)PyMethod_ClearFreeList();
 }
 
-/* Print summary info about the state of the optimized allocator */
-void
-_PyMethod_DebugMallocStats(FILE *out)
-{
-    _PyDebugAllocatorStats(out,
-                           "free PyMethodObject",
-                           numfree, sizeof(PyMethodObject));
-}
-
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * instance method
  */