4 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/external/python.m4 b/src/external/python.m4
index 858af3c19..440d2f977 100644
--- a/src/external/python.m4
+++ b/src/external/python.m4
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_COMPAT],
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
     LIBS="$LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS"
 
-    AC_CHECK_FUNCS([PySet_New PySet_Add PyErr_NewExceptionWithDoc])
+    AC_CHECK_FUNCS([PySet_Add PyErr_NewExceptionWithDoc])
     AC_CHECK_DECLS([PySet_Check, PyModule_AddIntMacro, PyUnicode_FromString], [], [], [[#include <Python.h>]])
 
     CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
diff --git a/src/python/pyhbac.c b/src/python/pyhbac.c
index f3aaa60f0..3385cc441 100644
--- a/src/python/pyhbac.c
+++ b/src/python/pyhbac.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ HbacRuleElement_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    self->category = sss_python_set_new();
+    self->category = PySet_New(NULL);
     self->names = PyList_New(0);
     self->groups = PyList_New(0);
     if (!self->names || !self->groups || !self->category) {
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ py_hbac_rule_validate(HbacRuleObject *self, PyObject *args)
     }
 
     py_is_valid = PyBool_FromLong(is_valid);
-    py_missing = sss_python_set_new();
+    py_missing = PySet_New(NULL);
     if (!py_missing || !py_is_valid) {
         PyErr_NoMemory();
         goto fail;
diff --git a/src/util/sss_python.c b/src/util/sss_python.c
index 19717a55c..dad2a46d8 100644
--- a/src/util/sss_python.c
+++ b/src/util/sss_python.c
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@
 #include "src/util/sss_python.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
-PyObject *
-sss_python_set_new(void)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_PYSET_NEW
-    return PySet_New(NULL);
-#else
-    return PyObject_CallObject((PyObject *) &PySet_Type, NULL);
-#endif
-}
-
 int
 sss_python_set_add(PyObject *set, PyObject *key)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/sss_python.h b/src/util/sss_python.h
index cf8c84848..6851a64e8 100644
--- a/src/util/sss_python.h
+++ b/src/util/sss_python.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Wrappers providing the subset of C API for python's set objects we use */
-PyObject *sss_python_set_new(void);
 int sss_python_set_add(PyObject *set, PyObject *key);
 bool sss_python_set_check(PyObject *set);