Issue #11495: OSF support is eliminated. It was deprecated in Python 3.2
diff --git a/Python/thread_pth.h b/Python/thread_pth.h
index 82a00e7..5704266 100644
--- a/Python/thread_pth.h
+++ b/Python/thread_pth.h
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@
     volatile pth_t threadid;
     if (!initialized)
         PyThread_init_thread();
-    /* Jump through some hoops for Alpha OSF/1 */
     threadid = pth_self();
-    return (long) *(long *) &threadid;
+    return (long) threadid;
 }
 
 void PyThread_exit_thread(void)