diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index a301287..5a34b96 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
 		PyFloatObject *po = (PyFloatObject *)o;
 		return PyFloat_FromDouble(po->ob_fval);
 	}
-	return PyFloat_FromString(o, NULL);
+	return PyFloat_FromString(o);
 }
 
 /* Operations on sequences */
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 514dd39..9e6db54 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -62,24 +62,8 @@
 	return (PyObject *) op;
 }
 
-/**************************************************************************
-RED_FLAG 22-Sep-2000 tim
-PyFloat_FromString's pend argument is braindead.  Prior to this RED_FLAG,
-
-1.  If v was a regular string, *pend was set to point to its terminating
-    null byte.  That's useless (the caller can find that without any
-    help from this function!).
-
-2.  If v was a Unicode string, or an object convertible to a character
-    buffer, *pend was set to point into stack trash (the auto temp
-    vector holding the character buffer).  That was downright dangerous.
-
-Since we can't change the interface of a public API function, pend is
-still supported but now *officially* useless:  if pend is not NULL,
-*pend is set to NULL.
-**************************************************************************/
 PyObject *
-PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v, char **pend)
+PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v)
 {
 	const char *s, *last, *end;
 	double x;
@@ -89,8 +73,6 @@
 #endif
 	Py_ssize_t len;
 
-	if (pend)
-		*pend = NULL;
 	if (PyString_Check(v)) {
 		s = PyString_AS_STRING(v);
 		len = PyString_GET_SIZE(v);
@@ -852,7 +834,7 @@
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|O:float", kwlist, &x))
 		return NULL;
 	if (PyString_Check(x))
-		return PyFloat_FromString(x, NULL);
+		return PyFloat_FromString(x);
 	return PyNumber_Float(x);
 }