diff --git a/Python/coreconfig.c b/Python/coreconfig.c
index 3c17e35..fd45726 100644
--- a/Python/coreconfig.c
+++ b/Python/coreconfig.c
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@
 /* Parse the command line arguments */
 static _PyInitError
 config_parse_cmdline(_PyCoreConfig *config, _PyWstrList *warnoptions,
-                     int *opt_index)
+                     Py_ssize_t *opt_index)
 {
     _PyInitError err;
     const _PyWstrList *argv = &config->argv;
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@
 
 
 static _PyInitError
-config_update_argv(_PyCoreConfig *config, int opt_index)
+config_update_argv(_PyCoreConfig *config, Py_ssize_t opt_index)
 {
     const _PyWstrList *cmdline_argv = &config->argv;
     _PyWstrList config_argv = _PyWstrList_INIT;
@@ -2105,10 +2105,7 @@
 
     _PyPreConfig preconfig;
     _PyPreConfig_Init(&preconfig);
-    if (_PyPreConfig_Copy(&preconfig, &_PyRuntime.preconfig) < 0) {
-        err = _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
-        return err;
-    }
+    _PyPreConfig_Copy(&preconfig, &_PyRuntime.preconfig);
 
     _PyPreConfig_GetCoreConfig(&preconfig, config);
 
@@ -2145,7 +2142,7 @@
     }
 
     if (config->parse_argv) {
-        int opt_index;
+        Py_ssize_t opt_index;
         err = config_parse_cmdline(config, &cmdline_warnoptions, &opt_index);
         if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
             goto done;
@@ -2207,7 +2204,7 @@
 /* Set config.argv: decode argv using Py_DecodeLocale(). Pre-initialize Python
    if needed to ensure that encodings are properly configured. */
 _PyInitError
-_PyCoreConfig_SetArgv(_PyCoreConfig *config, int argc, char **argv)
+_PyCoreConfig_SetArgv(_PyCoreConfig *config, Py_ssize_t argc, char **argv)
 {
     _PyArgv args = {
         .argc = argc,
@@ -2219,7 +2216,7 @@
 
 
 _PyInitError
-_PyCoreConfig_SetWideArgv(_PyCoreConfig *config, int argc, wchar_t **argv)
+_PyCoreConfig_SetWideArgv(_PyCoreConfig *config, Py_ssize_t argc, wchar_t **argv)
 {
     _PyArgv args = {
         .argc = argc,
diff --git a/Python/preconfig.c b/Python/preconfig.c
index 985af39..b7bcfeb 100644
--- a/Python/preconfig.c
+++ b/Python/preconfig.c
@@ -297,19 +297,10 @@
 }
 
 
-int
+void
 _PyPreConfig_Copy(_PyPreConfig *config, const _PyPreConfig *config2)
 {
 #define COPY_ATTR(ATTR) config->ATTR = config2->ATTR
-#define COPY_STR_ATTR(ATTR) \
-    do { \
-        if (config2->ATTR != NULL) { \
-            config->ATTR = _PyMem_RawStrdup(config2->ATTR); \
-            if (config->ATTR == NULL) { \
-                return -1; \
-            } \
-        } \
-    } while (0)
 
     COPY_ATTR(isolated);
     COPY_ATTR(use_environment);
@@ -317,15 +308,13 @@
     COPY_ATTR(dev_mode);
     COPY_ATTR(coerce_c_locale);
     COPY_ATTR(coerce_c_locale_warn);
+    COPY_ATTR(utf8_mode);
+    COPY_ATTR(allocator);
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     COPY_ATTR(legacy_windows_fs_encoding);
 #endif
-    COPY_ATTR(utf8_mode);
-    COPY_ATTR(allocator);
 
 #undef COPY_ATTR
-#undef COPY_STR_ATTR
-    return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -750,9 +739,7 @@
     /* Save the config to be able to restore it if encodings change */
     _PyPreConfig save_config;
     _PyPreConfig_Init(&save_config);
-    if (_PyPreConfig_Copy(&save_config, config) < 0) {
-        return _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
-    }
+    _PyPreConfig_Copy(&save_config, config);
 
     /* Set LC_CTYPE to the user preferred locale */
     if (config->configure_locale) {
@@ -835,10 +822,7 @@
            just keep UTF-8 Mode value. */
         int new_utf8_mode = config->utf8_mode;
         int new_coerce_c_locale = config->coerce_c_locale;
-        if (_PyPreConfig_Copy(config, &save_config) < 0) {
-            err = _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
-            goto done;
-        }
+        _PyPreConfig_Copy(config, &save_config);
         config->utf8_mode = new_utf8_mode;
         config->coerce_c_locale = new_coerce_c_locale;
 
@@ -900,13 +884,7 @@
     }
 
     /* Write the new pre-configuration into _PyRuntime */
-    PyMemAllocatorEx old_alloc;
-    _PyMem_SetDefaultAllocator(PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW, &old_alloc);
-    int res = _PyPreConfig_Copy(&_PyRuntime.preconfig, config);
-    PyMem_SetAllocator(PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW, &old_alloc);
-    if (res < 0) {
-        return _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
-    }
+    _PyPreConfig_Copy(&_PyRuntime.preconfig, config);
 
     return _Py_INIT_OK();
 }
diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 231706d..d29b293 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -705,10 +705,7 @@
     _PyPreConfig_Init(&config);
 
     if (src_config) {
-        if (_PyPreConfig_Copy(&config, src_config) < 0) {
-            err = _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
-            return err;
-        }
+        _PyPreConfig_Copy(&config, src_config);
     }
 
     err = _PyPreConfig_Read(&config, args);
@@ -727,7 +724,7 @@
 
 
 _PyInitError
-_Py_PreInitializeFromArgs(const _PyPreConfig *src_config, int argc, char **argv)
+_Py_PreInitializeFromArgs(const _PyPreConfig *src_config, Py_ssize_t argc, char **argv)
 {
     _PyArgv args = {.use_bytes_argv = 1, .argc = argc, .bytes_argv = argv};
     return _Py_PreInitializeFromPyArgv(src_config, &args);
@@ -735,7 +732,7 @@
 
 
 _PyInitError
-_Py_PreInitializeFromWideArgs(const _PyPreConfig *src_config, int argc, wchar_t **argv)
+_Py_PreInitializeFromWideArgs(const _PyPreConfig *src_config, Py_ssize_t argc, wchar_t **argv)
 {
     _PyArgv args = {.use_bytes_argv = 0, .argc = argc, .wchar_argv = argv};
     return _Py_PreInitializeFromPyArgv(src_config, &args);
@@ -1024,7 +1021,7 @@
 
 
 _PyInitError
-_Py_InitializeFromArgs(const _PyCoreConfig *config, int argc, char **argv)
+_Py_InitializeFromArgs(const _PyCoreConfig *config, Py_ssize_t argc, char **argv)
 {
     _PyArgv args = {.use_bytes_argv = 1, .argc = argc, .bytes_argv = argv};
     return init_python(config, &args);
@@ -1032,7 +1029,7 @@
 
 
 _PyInitError
-_Py_InitializeFromWideArgs(const _PyCoreConfig *config, int argc, wchar_t **argv)
+_Py_InitializeFromWideArgs(const _PyCoreConfig *config, Py_ssize_t argc, wchar_t **argv)
 {
     _PyArgv args = {.use_bytes_argv = 0, .argc = argc, .wchar_argv = argv};
     return init_python(config, &args);