diff --git a/Modules/xxlimited.c b/Modules/xxlimited.c
index 883c8a9b5e1833..1ba690d9bc25ef 100644
--- a/Modules/xxlimited.c
+++ b/Modules/xxlimited.c
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
           pass
    */
 
+/* xxlimited with the limited API. */
+#ifdef WITH_Py_LIMITED_API
+#  define Py_LIMITED_API 0x030a0000
+#endif
 #include "Python.h"
 
 // Module state
diff --git a/Modules/xxlimited_35.c b/Modules/xxlimited_35.c
index ce96e8c90efd47..10fbdfa04e7f48 100644
--- a/Modules/xxlimited_35.c
+++ b/Modules/xxlimited_35.c
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 /* Xxo objects */
 
+/* xxlimited_35 with the limited API. */
+#ifdef WITH_Py_LIMITED_API
+#  define Py_LIMITED_API 0x03050000
+#endif
 #include "Python.h"
 
 static PyObject *ErrorObject;
diff --git a/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj b/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
index 61e4e5784e7abe..405dae27d8afa0 100644
--- a/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);Py_LIMITED_API=0x030A0000</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);WITH_Py_LIMITED_API=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>wsock32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
diff --git a/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj b/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj
index 7e49eadf9037da..ad8a6d95b63b00 100644
--- a/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);Py_LIMITED_API=0x03060000</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);WITH_Py_LIMITED_API=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>wsock32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75bd16375063a0..3ed34da1e8e50f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1867,9 +1867,9 @@ def detect_modules(self):
         if 'd' not in sysconfig.get_config_var('ABIFLAGS'):
             # Non-debug mode: Build xxlimited with limited API
             self.add(Extension('xxlimited', ['xxlimited.c'],
-                               define_macros=[('Py_LIMITED_API', '0x030a0000')]))
+                               define_macros=[('WITH_Py_LIMITED_API', 1)]))
             self.add(Extension('xxlimited_35', ['xxlimited_35.c'],
-                               define_macros=[('Py_LIMITED_API', '0x03050000')]))
+                               define_macros=[('WITH_Py_LIMITED_API', 1)]))
         else:
             # Debug mode: Build xxlimited with the full API
             # (which is compatible with the limited one)