diff --git a/Include/cpython/tupleobject.h b/Include/cpython/tupleobject.h
index 370da1612a61ed..e530c8beda44ab 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/tupleobject.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/tupleobject.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ typedef struct {
 } PyTupleObject;
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyTuple_Resize(PyObject **, Py_ssize_t);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTuple_MaybeUntrack(PyObject *);
 
 /* Cast argument to PyTupleObject* type. */
 #define _PyTuple_CAST(op) \
@@ -37,5 +36,3 @@ PyTuple_SET_ITEM(PyObject *op, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject *value) {
 }
 #define PyTuple_SET_ITEM(op, index, value) \
     PyTuple_SET_ITEM(_PyObject_CAST(op), (index), _PyObject_CAST(value))
-
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTuple_DebugMallocStats(FILE *out);
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_tuple.h b/Include/internal/pycore_tuple.h
index 335edad89792c3..4fa7a12206bcb2 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_tuple.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_tuple.h
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #  error "this header requires Py_BUILD_CORE define"
 #endif
 
-#include "tupleobject.h"   /* _PyTuple_CAST() */
-
+extern void _PyTuple_MaybeUntrack(PyObject *);
+extern void _PyTuple_DebugMallocStats(FILE *out);
 
 /* runtime lifecycle */