1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/ast_opt.c b/Python/ast_opt.c
index 41e906c..6d1bfaf 100644
--- a/Python/ast_opt.c
+++ b/Python/ast_opt.c
@@ -273,10 +273,9 @@ parse_literal(PyObject *fmt, Py_ssize_t *ppos, PyArena *arena)
     PyObject *str = PyUnicode_Substring(fmt, start, pos);
     /* str = str.replace('%%', '%') */
     if (str && has_percents) {
-        _Py_DECLARE_STR(percent, "%");
         _Py_DECLARE_STR(dbl_percent, "%%");
         Py_SETREF(str, PyUnicode_Replace(str, &_Py_STR(dbl_percent),
-                                         &_Py_STR(percent), -1));
+                                         _Py_LATIN1_CHR('%'), -1));
     }
     if (!str) {
         return NULL;