diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index fe5d9d90d14fd97..9194ca84290bfb4 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ static long compute_range_length_long(PyObject *start,
     }
 }
 
-static void print_str(PyObject *o)
-{
-    PyObject_Print(o, stdout, Py_PRINT_RAW);
-}
-
 
 /* Return number of items in range (lo, hi, step) as a PyLong object,
  * when arguments are PyLong objects.  Arguments MUST return 1 with
@@ -310,7 +305,6 @@ compute_range_length(PyObject *start, PyObject *stop, PyObject *step)
     Py_DECREF(diff);
     Py_DECREF(step);
     Py_DECREF(tmp1);
-
     return result;
 
   Fail:
@@ -1159,7 +1153,7 @@ range_iter(PyObject *seq)
         goto long_range;
     }
 
-    if (r->start == (PyLongObject *)_PyLong_GetZero() && r->step == _PyLong_GetOne() ) {
+    if (r->start == _PyLong_GetZero() && r->step == _PyLong_GetOne() ) {
             /* fast path for one argument range */
             return fast_range_iter(0, lstop, 1, Py_MAX(0, (long)lstop));
     }