diff --git a/Python/_warnings.c b/Python/_warnings.c
index 978bad1..3928153 100644
--- a/Python/_warnings.c
+++ b/Python/_warnings.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
     if (action == NULL)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(action, "error") == 0) {
+    if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(action, "error")) {
         PyErr_SetObject(category, message);
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -439,13 +439,13 @@
     /* Store in the registry that we've been here, *except* when the action
        is "always". */
     rc = 0;
-    if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(action, "always") != 0) {
+    if (!_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(action, "always")) {
         if (registry != NULL && registry != Py_None &&
                 PyDict_SetItem(registry, key, Py_True) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
-        else if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(action, "ignore") == 0)
+        else if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(action, "ignore"))
             goto return_none;
-        else if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(action, "once") == 0) {
+        else if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(action, "once")) {
             if (registry == NULL || registry == Py_None) {
                 registry = get_once_registry();
                 if (registry == NULL)
@@ -454,12 +454,12 @@
             /* _once_registry[(text, category)] = 1 */
             rc = update_registry(registry, text, category, 0);
         }
-        else if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(action, "module") == 0) {
+        else if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(action, "module")) {
             /* registry[(text, category, 0)] = 1 */
             if (registry != NULL && registry != Py_None)
                 rc = update_registry(registry, text, category, 0);
         }
-        else if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(action, "default") != 0) {
+        else if (!_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(action, "default")) {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
                         "Unrecognized action (%R) in warnings.filters:\n %R",
                         action, item);
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
     }
     else {
         *filename = NULL;
-        if (*module != Py_None && PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(*module, "__main__") == 0) {
+        if (*module != Py_None && _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(*module, "__main__")) {
             PyObject *argv = _PySys_GetObjectId(&PyId_argv);
             /* PyList_Check() is needed because sys.argv is set to None during
                Python finalization */
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index 6da33f7..5b7ed7c 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -876,14 +876,14 @@
                int full_checks)
 {
     assert(PyUnicode_Check(name));
-    if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "__debug__") == 0) {
+    if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, "__debug__")) {
         ast_error(c, n, "assignment to keyword");
         return 1;
     }
     if (full_checks) {
         const char **p;
         for (p = FORBIDDEN; *p; p++) {
-            if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, *p) == 0) {
+            if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, *p)) {
                 ast_error(c, n, "assignment to keyword");
                 return 1;
             }
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 93f47e0..adc33ac 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@
 {
     int scope;
     if (c->u->u_scope_type == COMPILER_SCOPE_CLASS &&
-        !PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "__class__"))
+        _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, "__class__"))
         return CELL;
     scope = PyST_GetScope(c->u->u_ste, name);
     if (scope == 0) {
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@
     }
 
     if (s->lineno > c->c_future->ff_lineno && s->v.ImportFrom.module &&
-        !PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(s->v.ImportFrom.module, "__future__")) {
+        _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(s->v.ImportFrom.module, "__future__")) {
         Py_DECREF(level);
         Py_DECREF(names);
         return compiler_error(c, "from __future__ imports must occur "
@@ -2837,9 +2837,9 @@
     if (!mangled)
         return 0;
 
-    assert(PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "None") &&
-           PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "True") &&
-           PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "False"));
+    assert(!_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, "None") &&
+           !_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, "True") &&
+           !_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, "False"));
 
     op = 0;
     optype = OP_NAME;
diff --git a/Python/future.c b/Python/future.c
index 163f87f..4de801b 100644
--- a/Python/future.c
+++ b/Python/future.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         if (s->kind == ImportFrom_kind) {
             identifier modname = s->v.ImportFrom.module;
             if (modname &&
-                !PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(modname, "__future__")) {
+                _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(modname, "__future__")) {
                 if (done) {
                     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
                                     ERR_LATE_FUTURE);
diff --git a/Python/getargs.c b/Python/getargs.c
index 8aab067..b10e776 100644
--- a/Python/getargs.c
+++ b/Python/getargs.c
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
                 return cleanreturn(0, &freelist);
             }
             for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-                if (!PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(key, kwlist[i])) {
+                if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(key, kwlist[i])) {
                     match = 1;
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 7e947ec..3579273 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -946,10 +946,9 @@
 static int
 is_builtin(PyObject *name)
 {
-    int i, cmp;
+    int i;
     for (i = 0; PyImport_Inittab[i].name != NULL; i++) {
-        cmp = PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, PyImport_Inittab[i].name);
-        if (cmp == 0) {
+        if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, PyImport_Inittab[i].name)) {
             if (PyImport_Inittab[i].initfunc == NULL)
                 return -1;
             else
@@ -1069,7 +1068,7 @@
 
     for (p = PyImport_Inittab; p->name != NULL; p++) {
         PyModuleDef *def;
-        if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, p->name) == 0) {
+        if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, p->name)) {
             if (p->initfunc == NULL) {
                 /* Cannot re-init internal module ("sys" or "builtins") */
                 mod = PyImport_AddModule(namestr);
@@ -1115,7 +1114,7 @@
     for (p = PyImport_FrozenModules; ; p++) {
         if (p->name == NULL)
             return NULL;
-        if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, p->name) == 0)
+        if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, p->name))
             break;
     }
     return p;
@@ -1316,12 +1315,8 @@
         int now_in_importlib;
 
         assert(PyTraceBack_Check(tb));
-        now_in_importlib = (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(
-                                code->co_filename,
-                                importlib_filename) == 0) ||
-                           (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(
-                                code->co_filename,
-                                external_filename) == 0);
+        now_in_importlib = _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(code->co_filename, importlib_filename) ||
+                           _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(code->co_filename, external_filename);
         if (now_in_importlib && !in_importlib) {
             /* This is the link to this chunk of importlib tracebacks */
             outer_link = prev_link;
@@ -1330,8 +1325,7 @@
 
         if (in_importlib &&
             (always_trim ||
-             PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(code->co_name,
-                                              remove_frames) == 0)) {
+             _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(code->co_name, remove_frames))) {
             PyObject *tmp = *outer_link;
             *outer_link = next;
             Py_XINCREF(next);
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index 1591a20..adca2da 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@
         /* Special-case super: it counts as a use of __class__ */
         if (e->v.Name.ctx == Load &&
             st->st_cur->ste_type == FunctionBlock &&
-            !PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(e->v.Name.id, "super")) {
+            _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(e->v.Name.id, "super")) {
             if (!GET_IDENTIFIER(__class__) ||
                 !symtable_add_def(st, __class__, USE))
                 VISIT_QUIT(st, 0);
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@
         store_name = name;
         Py_INCREF(store_name);
     }
-    if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "*")) {
+    if (!_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, "*")) {
         int r = symtable_add_def(st, store_name, DEF_IMPORT);
         Py_DECREF(store_name);
         return r;