diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index 6d93d778dd7fb3..299dcd5232453d 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyRangeIter_Type = {
         sizeof(_PyRangeIterObject),             /* tp_basicsize */
         0,                                      /* tp_itemsize */
         /* methods */
-        (destructor)PyObject_Free,              /* tp_dealloc */
+        0,                                      /* tp_dealloc */
         0,                                      /* tp_vectorcall_offset */
         0,                                      /* tp_getattr */
         0,                                      /* tp_setattr */