diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index c9d2217..061fe11 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -160,18 +160,17 @@
 
         /* Flags for getting buffers */
 #define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0
-#define PyBUF_CHARACTER 1
-#define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0002
+#define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001
 /*  we used to include an E, backwards compatible alias  */
 #define PyBUF_WRITEABLE PyBUF_WRITABLE
-#define PyBUF_LOCK 0x0004
-#define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0008
-#define PyBUF_ND 0x0010
-#define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0020 | PyBUF_ND)
-#define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
-#define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
-#define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
-#define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0200 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
+#define PyBUF_LOCK 0x0002
+#define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004
+#define PyBUF_ND 0x0008
+#define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0010 | PyBUF_ND)
+#define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0020 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
+#define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
+#define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
+#define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
 
 #define PyBUF_CONTIG (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
 #define PyBUF_CONTIG_RO (PyBUF_ND)