diff --git a/Modules/clmodule.c b/Modules/clmodule.c
index c8526c40cd6..ef3d77a5030 100644
--- a/Modules/clmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/clmodule.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ cl_CompressImage(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	char *frameBuffer;
 	PyObject *compressedBuffer;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(iiiifs#)", &compressionScheme,
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iiiifs#", &compressionScheme,
 			 &width, &height,
 			 &originalFormat, &compressionRatio, &frameBuffer,
 			 &frameBufferSize))
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ cl_DecompressImage(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int compressedBufferSize, frameBufferSize;
 	PyObject *frameBuffer;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(iiiis#)", &compressionScheme, &width, &height,
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iiiis#", &compressionScheme, &width, &height,
 			 &originalFormat, &compressedBuffer,
 			 &compressedBufferSize))
 		return NULL;
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ doOpen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, int (*open_func)(int, CL_Handle *),
 	int scheme;
 	clobject *new;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "i", &scheme))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &scheme))
 		return NULL;
 
 	new = PyObject_New(clobject, &Cltype);
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ cl_QueryScheme(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int headerlen;
 	int scheme;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "s#", &header, &headerlen))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#", &header, &headerlen))
 		return NULL;
 
 	scheme = clQueryScheme(header);
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ cl_QueryMaxHeaderSize(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	int scheme;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "i", &scheme))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &scheme))
 		return NULL;
 
 	return PyInt_FromLong(clQueryMaxHeaderSize(scheme));
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ cl_QueryAlgorithms(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *list;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "i", &algorithmMediaType))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &algorithmMediaType))
 		return NULL;
 
 	error_handler_called = 0;
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ cl_QuerySchemeFromName(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	char *name;
 	int scheme;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(is)", &algorithmMediaType, &name))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "is", &algorithmMediaType, &name))
 		return NULL;
 
 	error_handler_called = 0;
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ cl_GetAlgorithmName(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int scheme;
 	char *name;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "i", &scheme))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &scheme))
 		return NULL;
 
 	name = clGetAlgorithmName(scheme);
@@ -829,9 +829,9 @@ do_set(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, int (*func)(int, int, int))
 	float fvalue;
 	int is_float = 0;
 
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(iii)", &scheme, &paramID, &value)) {
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iii", &scheme, &paramID, &value)) {
 		PyErr_Clear();
-		if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(iif)", &scheme, &paramID, &fvalue)) {
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iif", &scheme, &paramID, &fvalue)) {
 			PyErr_Clear();
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 			     "bad argument list (format '(iii)' or '(iif)')");
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ cl_SetMax(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *cl_##name(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
 { \
 	  int x; \
-	  if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "i", &x)) return NULL; \
+	  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &x)) return NULL; \
 	  return Py##handler(CL_##name(x)); \
 }
 
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static PyObject *cl_##name(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
 static PyObject *cl_##name(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
 { \
 	  int a1, a2; \
-	  if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(ii)", &a1, &a2)) return NULL; \
+	  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ii", &a1, &a2)) return NULL; \
 	  return Py##handler(CL_##name(a1, a2)); \
 }
 
@@ -926,30 +926,30 @@ cvt_type(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 #endif
 
 static PyMethodDef cl_methods[] = {
-	{"CompressImage",	cl_CompressImage, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"DecompressImage",	cl_DecompressImage, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"GetAlgorithmName",	cl_GetAlgorithmName, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"OpenCompressor",	cl_OpenCompressor, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"OpenDecompressor",	cl_OpenDecompressor, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"QueryAlgorithms",	cl_QueryAlgorithms, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"QueryMaxHeaderSize",	cl_QueryMaxHeaderSize, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"QueryScheme",		cl_QueryScheme, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"QuerySchemeFromName",	cl_QuerySchemeFromName, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"SetDefault",		cl_SetDefault, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"SetMax",		cl_SetMax, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"SetMin",		cl_SetMin, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"BytesPerSample",	cl_BytesPerSample, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"BytesPerPixel",	cl_BytesPerPixel, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"AudioFormatName",	cl_AudioFormatName, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"VideoFormatName",	cl_VideoFormatName, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"AlgorithmNumber",	cl_AlgorithmNumber, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"AlgorithmType",	cl_AlgorithmType, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"Algorithm",		cl_Algorithm, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"ParamNumber",		cl_ParamNumber, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"ParamType",		cl_ParamType, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"ParamID",		cl_ParamID, METH_OLDARGS},
+	{"CompressImage",	cl_CompressImage, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"DecompressImage",	cl_DecompressImage, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"GetAlgorithmName",	cl_GetAlgorithmName, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"OpenCompressor",	cl_OpenCompressor, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"OpenDecompressor",	cl_OpenDecompressor, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"QueryAlgorithms",	cl_QueryAlgorithms, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"QueryMaxHeaderSize",	cl_QueryMaxHeaderSize, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"QueryScheme",		cl_QueryScheme, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"QuerySchemeFromName",	cl_QuerySchemeFromName, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"SetDefault",		cl_SetDefault, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"SetMax",		cl_SetMax, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"SetMin",		cl_SetMin, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"BytesPerSample",	cl_BytesPerSample, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"BytesPerPixel",	cl_BytesPerPixel, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"AudioFormatName",	cl_AudioFormatName, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"VideoFormatName",	cl_VideoFormatName, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"AlgorithmNumber",	cl_AlgorithmNumber, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"AlgorithmType",	cl_AlgorithmType, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"Algorithm",		cl_Algorithm, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"ParamNumber",		cl_ParamNumber, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"ParamType",		cl_ParamType, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"ParamID",		cl_ParamID, METH_VARARGS},
 #ifdef CLDEBUG
-	{"cvt_type",		cvt_type, METH_OLDARGS},
+	{"cvt_type",		cvt_type, METH_VARARGS},
 #endif
 	{NULL,			NULL} /* Sentinel */
 };
diff --git a/Modules/imageop.c b/Modules/imageop.c
index ca3104017a0..7b925b8ab9b 100644
--- a/Modules/imageop.c
+++ b/Modules/imageop.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ imageop_crop(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int ix, iy, xstep, ystep;
 	PyObject *rv;
 
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#iiiiiii)", &cp, &len, &size, &x, &y,
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#iiiiiii", &cp, &len, &size, &x, &y,
 			  &newx1, &newy1, &newx2, &newy2) )
 		return 0;
     
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ imageop_scale(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int oix, oiy;
 	PyObject *rv;
 
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#iiiii)",
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#iiiii",
 			  &cp, &len, &size, &x, &y, &newx, &newy) )
 		return 0;
     
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ imageop_tovideo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *rv;
    
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#iii)", &cp, &len, &width, &maxx, &maxy) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#iii", &cp, &len, &width, &maxx, &maxy) )
 		return 0;
 
 	if ( width != 1 && width != 4 ) {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ imageop_grey2mono(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int i, bit;
    
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#iii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y, &tres) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#iii", &cp, &len, &x, &y, &tres) )
 		return 0;
 
 	if ( x*y != len ) {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ imageop_grey2grey4(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int pos;
    
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	if ( x*y != len ) {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ imageop_grey2grey2(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int pos;
    
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	if ( x*y != len ) {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ imageop_dither2mono(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int i, bit;
    
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	if ( x*y != len ) {
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ imageop_dither2grey2(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int sum = 0, nvalue;
    
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	if ( x*y != len ) {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ imageop_mono2grey(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *rv;
 	int i, bit;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#iiii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y, &v0, &v1) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#iiii", &cp, &len, &x, &y, &v0, &v1) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ imageop_grey22grey(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *rv;
 	int i, pos, value = 0, nvalue;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ imageop_grey42grey(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *rv;
 	int i, pos, value = 0, nvalue;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ imageop_rgb2rgb8(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int i, r, g, b;
 	Py_UInt32 value, nvalue;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ imageop_rgb82rgb(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int i, r, g, b;
 	Py_UInt32 value, nvalue;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ imageop_rgb2grey(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int i, r, g, b;
 	Py_UInt32 value, nvalue;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ imageop_grey2rgb(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int i;
 	Py_UInt32 value;
     
-	if ( !PyArg_Parse(args, "(s#ii)", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#ii", &cp, &len, &x, &y) )
 		return 0;
 
 	nlen = x*y;
@@ -677,21 +677,21 @@ imageop_mul(object *self, object *args)
 */
 
 static PyMethodDef imageop_methods[] = {
-	{ "crop",		imageop_crop, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "scale",		imageop_scale, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "grey2mono",	        imageop_grey2mono, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "grey2grey2",	        imageop_grey2grey2, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "grey2grey4",	        imageop_grey2grey4, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "dither2mono",	imageop_dither2mono, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "dither2grey2",	imageop_dither2grey2, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "mono2grey",	        imageop_mono2grey, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "grey22grey",	        imageop_grey22grey, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "grey42grey",	        imageop_grey42grey, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "tovideo",	        imageop_tovideo, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "rgb2rgb8",	        imageop_rgb2rgb8, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "rgb82rgb",	        imageop_rgb82rgb, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "rgb2grey",	        imageop_rgb2grey, METH_OLDARGS },
-	{ "grey2rgb",	        imageop_grey2rgb, METH_OLDARGS },
+	{ "crop",		imageop_crop, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "scale",		imageop_scale, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "grey2mono",	        imageop_grey2mono, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "grey2grey2",	        imageop_grey2grey2, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "grey2grey4",	        imageop_grey2grey4, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "dither2mono",	imageop_dither2mono, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "dither2grey2",	imageop_dither2grey2, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "mono2grey",	        imageop_mono2grey, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "grey22grey",	        imageop_grey22grey, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "grey42grey",	        imageop_grey42grey, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "tovideo",	        imageop_tovideo, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "rgb2rgb8",	        imageop_rgb2rgb8, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "rgb82rgb",	        imageop_rgb82rgb, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "rgb2grey",	        imageop_rgb2grey, METH_VARARGS },
+	{ "grey2rgb",	        imageop_grey2rgb, METH_VARARGS },
 	{ 0,                    0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/Modules/sgimodule.c b/Modules/sgimodule.c
index 4c96f0441ef..f7e12635c15 100644
--- a/Modules/sgimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/sgimodule.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static PyObject *
 sgi_nap(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	long ticks;
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "l", &ticks))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "l:nap", &ticks))
 		return NULL;
 	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
 	sginap(ticks);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sgi__getpty(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int nofork;
 	char *name;
 	int fildes;
-	if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "(iii)", &oflag, &mode, &nofork))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iii:_getpty", &oflag, &mode, &nofork))
 		return NULL;
 	errno = 0;
 	name = _getpty(&fildes, oflag, (mode_t)mode, nofork);
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ sgi__getpty(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef sgi_methods[] = {
-	{"nap",		sgi_nap, METH_OLDARGS},
-	{"_getpty",	sgi__getpty, METH_OLDARGS},
+	{"nap",		sgi_nap,	METH_VARARGS},
+	{"_getpty",	sgi__getpty,	METH_VARARGS},
 	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };