diff --git a/new_packet.pxd b/new_packet.pxd
index df3fa7c..eda2794 100644
--- a/new_packet.pxd
+++ b/new_packet.pxd
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ cdef extern from "Python.h":
     object PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(char *s, Py_ssize_t len)
     object PyString_FromStringAndSize(char *s, Py_ssize_t len)
 
-    ctypedef object PyTuple_Type
-
 cdef extern from "sys/time.h":
     ctypedef long time_t
     struct timeval:
diff --git a/new_packet.pyx b/new_packet.pyx
index 1e74e11..9ea575b 100644
--- a/new_packet.pyx
+++ b/new_packet.pyx
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ cdef class CPacket:
     def get_ip_header(self):
         '''return layer3 of packet data as a tuple converted directly from C struct.'''
 
-        cdef PyTuple_Type ip_header
+        cdef tuple ip_header
 
         ip_header = (
             self.ip_header.tos,