# HG changeset patch
# Parent 11fb9e82ce7dea23b5d26fbc9fee48c7ee0e8a5f

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_extcall.py b/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     >>> g(*Nothing())
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: g() argument after * must be a sequence, not Nothing
+    TypeError: 'Nothing' object is not iterable
 
     >>> class Nothing:
     ...     def __len__(self): return 5
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     >>> g(*Nothing())
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: g() argument after * must be a sequence, not Nothing
+    TypeError: 'Nothing' object is not iterable
 
     >>> class Nothing():
     ...     def __len__(self): return 5
@@ -186,18 +186,17 @@
     >>> h(*h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: h() argument after * must be a sequence, not function
+    TypeError: 'function' object is not iterable
 
     >>> dir(*h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: dir() argument after * must be a sequence, not function
+    TypeError: 'function' object is not iterable
 
     >>> None(*h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: NoneType object argument after * must be a sequence, \
-not function
+    TypeError: 'function' object is not iterable
 
     >>> h(**h)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -4319,14 +4319,6 @@
             PyObject *t = NULL;
             t = PySequence_Tuple(stararg);
             if (t == NULL) {
-                if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError)) {
-                    PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                                 "%.200s%.200s argument after * "
-                                 "must be a sequence, not %.200s",
-                                 PyEval_GetFuncName(func),
-                                 PyEval_GetFuncDesc(func),
-                                 stararg->ob_type->tp_name);
-                }
                 goto ext_call_fail;
             }
             Py_DECREF(stararg);