diff --git a/Include/cStringIO.h b/Include/cStringIO.h
index 53673ba10b4..c1328de0d8c 100644
--- a/Include/cStringIO.h
+++ b/Include/cStringIO.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static struct PycStringIO_CAPI {
 #define PycStringIO_OutputCheck(O) \
   ((O)->ob_type==PycStringIO->OutputType)
 
-static DL_IMPORT(void *)
+static void *
 xxxPyCObject_Import(module_name, name)
   char *module_name;
   char *name;