diff --git a/Objects/bytes_methods.c b/Objects/bytes_methods.c
index d7f061bcf09..d5c4fe6346f 100644
--- a/Objects/bytes_methods.c
+++ b/Objects/bytes_methods.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ _Py_bytes_contains(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *arg)
  * against substr, using the start and end arguments. Returns
  * -1 on error, 0 if not found and 1 if found.
  */
-Py_LOCAL(int)
+static int
 tailmatch(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *substr,
           Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end, int direction)
 {
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ notfound:
     return 0;
 }
 
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 _Py_bytes_tailmatch(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len,
                     const char *function_name, PyObject *args,
                     int direction)
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 6e7c4fa1886..4d14451254f 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ bytes_item(PyBytesObject *a, Py_ssize_t i)
     return PyLong_FromLong((unsigned char)a->ob_sval[i]);
 }
 
-Py_LOCAL(int)
+static int
 bytes_compare_eq(PyBytesObject *a, PyBytesObject *b)
 {
     int cmp;
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h b/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
index 625507ddb1d..9903912dc4a 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /* the more complicated methods.  parts of these should be pulled out into the
    shared code in bytes_methods.c to cut down on duplicate code bloat.  */
 
-Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+static inline PyObject *
 return_self(PyObject *self)
 {
 #if !STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stringlib_expandtabs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+static inline PyObject *
 pad(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t left, Py_ssize_t right, char fill)
 {
     PyObject *u;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ stringlib_zfill(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   ((char *)memchr((const void *)(target), c, target_len))
 
 
-Py_LOCAL_INLINE(Py_ssize_t)
+static Py_ssize_t
 countchar(const char *target, Py_ssize_t target_len, char c,
           Py_ssize_t maxcount)
 {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ countchar(const char *target, Py_ssize_t target_len, char c,
 /* Algorithms for different cases of string replacement */
 
 /* len(self)>=1, from="", len(to)>=1, maxcount>=1 */
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_interleave(PyObject *self,
                              const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
                              Py_ssize_t maxcount)
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ stringlib_replace_interleave(PyObject *self,
 
 /* Special case for deleting a single character */
 /* len(self)>=1, len(from)==1, to="", maxcount>=1 */
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_delete_single_character(PyObject *self,
                                           char from_c, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
 {
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ stringlib_replace_delete_single_character(PyObject *self,
 
 /* len(self)>=1, len(from)>=2, to="", maxcount>=1 */
 
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_delete_substring(PyObject *self,
                                    const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
                                    Py_ssize_t maxcount)
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ stringlib_replace_delete_substring(PyObject *self,
 }
 
 /* len(self)>=1, len(from)==len(to)==1, maxcount>=1 */
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_single_character_in_place(PyObject *self,
                                             char from_c, char to_c,
                                             Py_ssize_t maxcount)
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ stringlib_replace_single_character_in_place(PyObject *self,
 }
 
 /* len(self)>=1, len(from)==len(to)>=2, maxcount>=1 */
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_substring_in_place(PyObject *self,
                                      const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
                                      const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ stringlib_replace_substring_in_place(PyObject *self,
 }
 
 /* len(self)>=1, len(from)==1, len(to)>=2, maxcount>=1 */
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_single_character(PyObject *self,
                                    char from_c,
                                    const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ stringlib_replace_single_character(PyObject *self,
 }
 
 /* len(self)>=1, len(from)>=2, len(to)>=2, maxcount>=1 */
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace_substring(PyObject *self,
                             const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
                             const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ stringlib_replace_substring(PyObject *self,
 }
 
 
-Py_LOCAL(PyObject *)
+static PyObject *
 stringlib_replace(PyObject *self,
                   const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
                   const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index e0c3bfecdd8..aaebfd017fa 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -10936,7 +10936,7 @@ unicode_compare(PyObject *str1, PyObject *str2)
 #undef COMPARE
 }
 
-Py_LOCAL(int)
+static int
 unicode_compare_eq(PyObject *str1, PyObject *str2)
 {
     int kind;