diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 3e87903a7e0..5e646b901eb 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -346,16 +346,6 @@ float_compare(PyFloatObject *v, PyFloatObject *w)
 	return (i < j) ? -1 : (i > j) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-/* Needed for the new style number compare slots */
-static PyObject *
-float_cmp(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
-{
-	double a,b;
-	CONVERT_TO_DOUBLE(v, a);
-	CONVERT_TO_DOUBLE(w, b);
-	return PyInt_FromLong((a < b) ? -1 : (a > b) ? 1 : 0);
-}
-
 static long
 float_hash(PyFloatObject *v)
 {
@@ -670,9 +660,6 @@ static PyNumberMethods float_as_number = {
 	0,		/*nb_inplace_and*/
 	0,		/*nb_inplace_xor*/
 	0,		/*nb_inplace_or*/
-
-	/* New style slots: */
-	(binaryfunc)float_cmp, /*nb_cmp*/
 };
 
 PyTypeObject PyFloat_Type = {
@@ -696,7 +683,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyFloat_Type = {
 	0,			/*tp_getattro*/
 	0,			/*tp_setattro*/
 	0,			/*tp_as_buffer*/
-	Py_TPFLAGS_NEWSTYLENUMBER /*tp_flags*/
+	Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES	/*tp_flags*/
 };
 
 void