diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/dict_ops.c b/mypyc/lib-rt/dict_ops.c
index b4ae5ad01a38..5c6f31bf6f15 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/dict_ops.c
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/dict_ops.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int CPyDict_Update(PyObject *dict, PyObject *stuff) {
 int CPyDict_UpdateFromAny(PyObject *dict, PyObject *stuff) {
     if (PyDict_CheckExact(dict)) {
         // Argh this sucks
-        if (PyDict_Check(stuff) || _CPyObject_HasAttr(stuff, mypyc_interned_str.keys)) {
+        if (PyDict_Check(stuff) || PyObject_HasAttrWithError(stuff, mypyc_interned_str.keys) > 0) {
             return PyDict_Update(dict, stuff);
         } else {
             return PyDict_MergeFromSeq2(dict, stuff, 1);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ PyObject *CPyDict_FromAny(PyObject *obj) {
         if (!dict) {
             return NULL;
         }
-        if (_CPyObject_HasAttr(obj, mypyc_interned_str.keys)) {
+        if (PyObject_HasAttrWithError(obj, mypyc_interned_str.keys) > 0) {
             res = PyDict_Update(dict, obj);
         } else {
             res = PyDict_MergeFromSeq2(dict, obj, 1);
diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/pythonsupport.h b/mypyc/lib-rt/pythonsupport.h
index 366d014cca73..1d29bdb6ab77 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/pythonsupport.h
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/pythonsupport.h
@@ -376,16 +376,6 @@ _CPyDictView_New(PyObject *dict, PyTypeObject *type)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int
-_CPyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *v, PyObject *name) {
-    PyObject *tmp = NULL;
-    int result = PyObject_GetOptionalAttr(v, name, &tmp);
-    if (tmp) {
-        Py_DECREF(tmp);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 #if CPY_3_12_FEATURES
 
 // These are copied from genobject.c in Python 3.12