1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index c7169f6..39f7a65 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject*
         pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
     }
 
-    operation_cstr = _PyUnicode_AsStringAndSize(operation, &operation_len);
+    operation_cstr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(operation, &operation_len);
     if (operation_cstr == NULL)
         goto error;
 
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ PyObject* pysqlite_cursor_executescript(pysqlite_Cursor* self, PyObject* args)
     self->reset = 0;
 
     if (PyUnicode_Check(script_obj)) {
-        script_cstr = _PyUnicode_AsString(script_obj);
+        script_cstr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(script_obj);
         if (!script_cstr) {
             return NULL;
         }