diff --git a/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj b/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj
index 6ca5cbbf397..9fb63ff105b 100644
--- a/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj
+++ b/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj
@@ -1150,10 +1150,6 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\Modules\sha512module.c"
 				>
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\Modules\_sha3\sha3module.c"
-				>
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\Modules\signalmodule.c"
 				>
diff --git a/PC/config.c b/PC/config.c
index c1803cf1bc9..57b5073c712 100644
--- a/PC/config.c
+++ b/PC/config.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ extern PyObject* PyInit_signal(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__sha1(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__sha256(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__sha512(void);
-extern PyObject* PyInit__sha3(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit_time(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__thread(void);
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
     {"_sha1", PyInit__sha1},
     {"_sha256", PyInit__sha256},
     {"_sha512", PyInit__sha512},
-    {"_sha3", PyInit__sha3},
     {"time", PyInit_time},
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
     {"_thread", PyInit__thread},