Issue #8848: U / U# formats of Py_BuildValue() are just alias to s / s#
diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 3766973..4ae661a 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
             goto failure;
     }
     /* Create a real new-style class. */
-    result = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&PyType_Type, "UOO",
+    result = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&PyType_Type, "sOO",
                                    dot+1, bases, dict);
   failure:
     Py_XDECREF(bases);