diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index 3566c736a535c4..ac8017aa530acc 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ typedef struct _typeobject PyTypeObject;
  * by hand.  Similarly every pointer to a variable-size Python object can,
  * in addition, be cast to PyVarObject*.
  */
-typedef struct _object {
+struct _object {
     _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
     Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt;
     PyTypeObject *ob_type;
-} PyObject;
+};
 
 /* Cast argument to PyObject* type. */
 #define _PyObject_CAST(op) ((PyObject*)(op))
diff --git a/Include/pybuffer.h b/Include/pybuffer.h
index 31795b780710fa..923006cff36233 100644
--- a/Include/pybuffer.h
+++ b/Include/pybuffer.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+// Forward declaration to be able to include pybuffer.h before object.h:
+// pybuffer.h uses PyObject and object.h uses Py_buffer.
+typedef struct _object PyObject;
+
 #if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030b0000
 
 /* === New Buffer API ============================================
@@ -17,10 +21,6 @@ extern "C" {
  *
  */
 
-// Forward declaration to be able to include pybuffer.h before object.h:
-// pybuffer.h uses PyObject and object.h uses Py_buffer.
-typedef struct _object PyObject;
-
 typedef struct {
     void *buf;
     PyObject *obj;        /* owned reference */