diff --git a/psycopg/psycopg.h b/psycopg/psycopg.h
index 7b623fa0..c7591c93 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopg.h
+++ b/psycopg/psycopg.h
@@ -47,64 +47,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #define THREADSAFETY 2
 #define PARAMSTYLE "pyformat"
 
-/* C API functions */
-#define psyco_errors_fill_NUM 0
-#define psyco_errors_fill_RETURN void
-#define psyco_errors_fill_PROTO (PyObject *dict)
-#define psyco_errors_set_NUM 1
-#define psyco_errors_set_RETURN void
-#define psyco_errors_set_PROTO (PyObject *type)
-
-/* Total number of C API pointers */
-#define PSYCOPG_API_pointers 2
-
-#ifdef PSYCOPG_MODULE
-
-    /** This section is used when compiling psycopgmodule.c & co. **/
-HIDDEN psyco_errors_fill_RETURN psyco_errors_fill psyco_errors_fill_PROTO;
-HIDDEN psyco_errors_set_RETURN psyco_errors_set psyco_errors_set_PROTO;
-
 /* global exceptions */
 extern HIDDEN PyObject *Error, *Warning, *InterfaceError, *DatabaseError,
     *InternalError, *OperationalError, *ProgrammingError,
     *IntegrityError, *DataError, *NotSupportedError;
 extern HIDDEN PyObject *QueryCanceledError, *TransactionRollbackError;
 
-/* python versions and compatibility stuff */
-#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC
-#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
-#endif
-
-#else
-    /** This section is used in modules that use psycopg's C API **/
-
-static void **PSYCOPG_API;
-
-#define psyco_errors_fill \
- (*(psyco_errors_fill_RETURN (*)psyco_errors_fill_PROTO) \
-  PSYCOPG_API[psyco_errors_fill_NUM])
-#define psyco_errors_set \
- (*(psyco_errors_set_RETURN (*)psyco_errors_set_PROTO) \
-  PSYCOPG_API[psyco_errors_set_NUM])
-
-/* Return -1 and set exception on error, 0 on success. */
-static int
-import_psycopg(void)
-{
-    PyObject *module = PyImport_ImportModule("psycopg");
-
-    if (module != NULL) {
-        PyObject *c_api_object = PyObject_GetAttrString(module, "_C_API");
-        if (c_api_object == NULL) return -1;
-        if (PyCObject_Check(c_api_object))
-            PSYCOPG_API = (void **)PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(c_api_object);
-        Py_DECREF(c_api_object);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /* postgresql<->python encoding map */
 extern HIDDEN PyObject *psycoEncodings;
 
diff --git a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
index 4136fcef..565adeb0 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
+++ b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
@@ -608,9 +608,7 @@ exit:
     return rv;
 }
 
-/* psyco_errors_init, psyco_errors_fill (callable from C)
-
-   Initialize the module's exceptions and after that a dictionary with a full
+/* Initialize the module's exceptions and after that a dictionary with a full
    set of exceptions. */
 
 PyObject *Error, *Warning, *InterfaceError, *DatabaseError,
@@ -710,23 +708,6 @@ psyco_errors_fill(PyObject *dict)
     }
 }
 
-void
-psyco_errors_set(PyObject *type)
-{
-    int i;
-    char *name;
-
-    for (i = 0; exctable[i].name; i++) {
-        if (NULL == exctable[i].exc) { continue; }
-
-        /* the name is the part after the last dot */
-        name = strrchr(exctable[i].name, '.');
-        name = name ? name + 1 : exctable[i].name;
-
-        PyObject_SetAttrString(type, name, *exctable[i].exc);
-    }
-}
-
 RAISES_NEG
 static int
 add_module_constants(PyObject *module)
@@ -892,14 +873,12 @@ static struct PyModuleDef psycopgmodule = {
 };
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
+#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
+#endif
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 INIT_MODULE(_psycopg)(void)
 {
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03020000
-    static void *PSYCOPG_API[PSYCOPG_API_pointers];
-    PyObject *c_api_object;
-#endif
-
     PyObject *module = NULL, *dict;
 
 #ifdef PSYCOPG_DEBUG
@@ -965,13 +944,6 @@ INIT_MODULE(_psycopg)(void)
 #endif
     if (!module) { goto exit; }
 
-    /* Create a CObject containing the API pointer array's address */
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03020000
-    c_api_object = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((void *)PSYCOPG_API, NULL);
-    if (c_api_object != NULL)
-        PyModule_AddObject(module, "_C_API", c_api_object);
-#endif
-
     /* other mixed initializations of module-level variables */
     if (!(psycoEncodings = PyDict_New())) { goto exit; }
     if (0 != psyco_encodings_fill(psycoEncodings)) { goto exit; }