diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index bc0264a..57a786c 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -1820,18 +1820,10 @@
     Py_CLEAR(err->object);
     Py_CLEAR(err->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!nnO!",
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &err->encoding,
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &err->object,
-        &err->start,
-        &err->end,
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &err->reason)) {
-          err->encoding = err->object = err->reason = NULL;
-          return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (PyUnicode_READY(err->object) < -1) {
-        err->encoding = NULL;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UUnnU",
+                          &err->encoding, &err->object,
+                          &err->start, &err->end, &err->reason)) {
+        err->encoding = err->object = err->reason = NULL;
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1935,12 +1927,9 @@
     Py_CLEAR(ude->object);
     Py_CLEAR(ude->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!OnnO!",
-         &PyUnicode_Type, &ude->encoding,
-         &ude->object,
-         &ude->start,
-         &ude->end,
-         &PyUnicode_Type, &ude->reason)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UOnnU",
+                          &ude->encoding, &ude->object,
+                          &ude->start, &ude->end, &ude->reason)) {
              ude->encoding = ude->object = ude->reason = NULL;
              return -1;
     }
@@ -2050,11 +2039,9 @@
     Py_CLEAR(self->object);
     Py_CLEAR(self->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!nnO!",
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &self->object,
-        &self->start,
-        &self->end,
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &self->reason)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UnnU",
+                          &self->object,
+                          &self->start, &self->end, &self->reason)) {
         self->object = self->reason = NULL;
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index af95bb6..6ab691f 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -8621,7 +8621,7 @@
                                     Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t endpos,
                                     Py_ssize_t *newpos)
 {
-    static const char *argparse = "O!n;translating error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
+    static const char *argparse = "Un;translating error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
 
     Py_ssize_t i_newpos;
     PyObject *restuple;
@@ -8643,11 +8643,11 @@
     if (restuple == NULL)
         return NULL;
     if (!PyTuple_Check(restuple)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[4]);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[3]);
         Py_DECREF(restuple);
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse, &PyUnicode_Type,
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse,
                           &resunicode, &i_newpos)) {
         Py_DECREF(restuple);
         return NULL;