Remove unused reference to MultiArrayError.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/calculation.h b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/calculation.h
index d2f5e6763..2cf69b7e4 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/calculation.h
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/calculation.h
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _NPY_CALCULATION_H_
 #define _NPY_CALCULATION_H_
 
-#ifdef NPY_ENABLE_SEPARATE_COMPILATION
-extern NPY_NO_EXPORT PyObject *MultiArrayError;
-#else
-NPY_NO_EXPORT PyObject *MultiArrayError;
-#endif
-
 NPY_NO_EXPORT PyObject*
 PyArray_ArgMax(PyArrayObject* self, int axis, PyArrayObject *out);
 
diff --git a/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c b/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c
index b2f2817d9..16b30608b 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c
+++ b/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c
@@ -920,7 +920,6 @@ define_types(void)
 
 /* Initialization function for the module (*must* be called init<name>) */
 PyMODINIT_FUNC init_compiled_base(void) {
-    PyObject *err = PyString_FromString("numpy.lib.error");
     PyObject *m, *d, *s;
 
     /* Create the module and add the functions */
@@ -937,8 +936,9 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC init_compiled_base(void) {
     Py_DECREF(s);
 
     /* Fixme; We might want to remove this error string from the dictionary */
-    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", err);
-    Py_DECREF(err);
+    s = PyString_FromString("numpy.lib.error");
+    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", s);
+    Py_DECREF(s);
 
 
     /* define PyGetSetDescr_Type and PyMemberDescr_Type */