diff --git a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
index b3450eeaf99..4133d343825 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
@@ -2531,8 +2531,8 @@ static PyMethodDef bufferedreader_methods[] = {
     _IO__BUFFERED_TRUNCATE_METHODDEF
     _IO__BUFFERED___SIZEOF___METHODDEF
 
-    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_NOARGS},
+    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_O},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -2591,8 +2591,8 @@ static PyMethodDef bufferedwriter_methods[] = {
     _IO__BUFFERED_TELL_METHODDEF
     _IO__BUFFERED___SIZEOF___METHODDEF
 
-    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_NOARGS},
+    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_O},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -2709,8 +2709,8 @@ static PyMethodDef bufferedrandom_methods[] = {
     _IO_BUFFEREDWRITER_WRITE_METHODDEF
     _IO__BUFFERED___SIZEOF___METHODDEF
 
-    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_NOARGS},
+    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_O},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
index 6bb156e41fe..b5129ffcbff 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -1178,8 +1178,8 @@ static PyMethodDef fileio_methods[] = {
     _IO_FILEIO_FILENO_METHODDEF
     _IO_FILEIO_ISATTY_METHODDEF
     {"_dealloc_warn", (PyCFunction)fileio_dealloc_warn, METH_O, NULL},
-    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_NOARGS},
+    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_O},
     {NULL,           NULL}             /* sentinel */
 };
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index a3239ec0f52..9dff8eafb25 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -3337,8 +3337,8 @@ static PyMethodDef textiowrapper_methods[] = {
     _IO_TEXTIOWRAPPER_TELL_METHODDEF
     _IO_TEXTIOWRAPPER_TRUNCATE_METHODDEF
 
-    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
-    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"__reduce__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_NOARGS},
+    {"__reduce_ex__", _PyIOBase_cannot_pickle, METH_O},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };