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@@ -964,3 +964,6 @@ Removed
   * ``PyTuple_ClearFreeList()``
   * ``PyUnicode_ClearFreeList()``: the Unicode free list has been removed in
     Python 3.3.
+
+* Remove ``_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()`` function.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`39465`.)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void);
 
    PyId_foo is a static variable, either on block level or file level. On first
    usage, the string "foo" is interned, and the structures are linked. On interpreter
-   shutdown, all strings are released (through _PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings).
+   shutdown, all strings are released.
 
    Alternatively, _Py_static_string allows choosing the variable name.
    _PyUnicode_FromId returns a borrowed reference to the interned string.
 
@@ -1215,8 +1215,6 @@ Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) PyUnicode_AsUnicodeCopy(
 
 /* Return an interned Unicode object for an Identifier; may fail if there is no memory.*/
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_FromId(_Py_Identifier*);
-/* Clear all static strings. */
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings(void);
 
 /* Fast equality check when the inputs are known to be exact unicode types
    and where the hash values are equal (i.e. a very probable match) */
 
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove the ``_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()`` function from the C API.
@@ -2289,8 +2289,8 @@ _PyUnicode_FromId(_Py_Identifier *id)
     return id->object;
 }
 
-void
-_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()
+static void
+unicode_clear_static_strings(void)
 {
     _Py_Identifier *tmp, *s = static_strings;
     while (s) {
@@ -16196,7 +16196,7 @@ _PyUnicode_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate)
             Py_CLEAR(unicode_latin1[i]);
         }
 #endif
-        _PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings();
+        unicode_clear_static_strings();
     }
 
     _PyUnicode_FiniEncodings(tstate);
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`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
	`1`	+Remove the ``_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()`` function from the C API.
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`@@ -2289,8 +2289,8 @@ _PyUnicode_FromId(_Py_Identifier *id)`
`2289`	`2289`	`return id->object;`
`2290`	`2290`	`}`
`2291`	`2291`
`2292`		`-void`
`2293`		`-_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()`
	`2292`	`+static void`
	`2293`	`+unicode_clear_static_strings(void)`
`2294`	`2294`	`{`
`2295`	`2295`	`_Py_Identifier tmp, s = static_strings;`
`2296`	`2296`	`while (s) {`
`@@ -16196,7 +16196,7 @@ _PyUnicode_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate)`
`16196`	`16196`	`Py_CLEAR(unicode_latin1[i]);`
`16197`	`16197`	`}`
`16198`	`16198`	`#endif`
`16199`		`- _PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings();`
	`16199`	`+ unicode_clear_static_strings();`
`16200`	`16200`	`}`
`16201`	`16201`
`16202`	`16202`	`_PyUnicode_FiniEncodings(tstate);`