diff -r db7ec64aac39 Lib/signal.py
--- a/Lib/signal.py	Mon Jan 26 16:43:36 2015 +0100
+++ b/Lib/signal.py	Mon Jan 26 20:57:02 2015 +0200
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ Signals = _IntEnum(
         and (name.startswith('SIG') and not name.startswith('SIG_'))
         or name.startswith('CTRL_')})
 
-class Handlers(_IntEnum):
-    SIG_DFL = _signal.SIG_DFL
-    SIG_IGN = _signal.SIG_IGN
-
 _globals.update(Signals.__members__)
-_globals.update(Handlers.__members__)
 
 if 'pthread_sigmask' in _globals:
     class Sigmasks(_IntEnum):
@@ -38,26 +33,14 @@ def _int_to_enum(value, enum_klass):
         return value
 
 
-def _enum_to_int(value):
-    """Convert an IntEnum member to a numeric value.
-    If it's not a IntEnum member return the value itself.
-    """
-    try:
-        return int(value)
-    except (ValueError, TypeError):
-        return value
-
-
 @_wraps(_signal.signal)
 def signal(signalnum, handler):
-    handler = _signal.signal(_enum_to_int(signalnum), _enum_to_int(handler))
-    return _int_to_enum(handler, Handlers)
+    return _signal.signal(signalnum, handler)
 
 
 @_wraps(_signal.getsignal)
 def getsignal(signalnum):
-    handler = _signal.getsignal(signalnum)
-    return _int_to_enum(handler, Handlers)
+    return _signal.getsignal(signalnum)
 
 
 if 'pthread_sigmask' in _globals:
diff -r db7ec64aac39 Lib/test/test_signal.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py	Mon Jan 26 16:43:36 2015 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py	Mon Jan 26 20:57:02 2015 +0200
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ class GenericTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_enums(self):
         for name in dir(signal):
             sig = getattr(signal, name)
-            if name in {'SIG_DFL', 'SIG_IGN'}:
-                self.assertIsInstance(sig, signal.Handlers)
-            elif name in {'SIG_BLOCK', 'SIG_UNBLOCK', 'SIG_SETMASK'}:
+            if name in {'SIG_BLOCK', 'SIG_UNBLOCK', 'SIG_SETMASK'}:
                 self.assertIsInstance(sig, signal.Sigmasks)
             elif name.startswith('SIG') and not name.startswith('SIG_'):
                 self.assertIsInstance(sig, signal.Signals)
@@ -218,7 +216,6 @@ class PosixTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_getsignal(self):
         hup = signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, self.trivial_signal_handler)
-        self.assertIsInstance(hup, signal.Handlers)
         self.assertEqual(signal.getsignal(signal.SIGHUP),
                          self.trivial_signal_handler)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, hup)