diff -r 4034c96a98a7 Modules/gcmodule.c
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c	Fri May 23 14:09:34 2014 +0300
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c	Fri May 23 09:15:36 2014 -0400
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "frameobject.h"        /* for PyFrame_ClearFreeList */
+#include "pytime.h"
 
 /* Get an object's GC head */
 #define AS_GC(o) ((PyGC_Head *)(o)-1)
@@ -899,17 +900,9 @@
 {
     double result = 0;
     if (tmod != NULL) {
-        _Py_IDENTIFIER(time);
-
-        PyObject *f = _PyObject_CallMethodId(tmod, &PyId_time, NULL);
-        if (f == NULL) {
-            PyErr_Clear();
-        }
-        else {
-            if (PyFloat_Check(f))
-                result = PyFloat_AsDouble(f);
-            Py_DECREF(f);
-        }
+        _PyTime_timeval tval;
+        _PyTime_gettimeofday(&tval);
+        result = tval.tv_sec + tval.tv_usec * 1e-6;
     }
     return result;
 }