diff --git a/src/display.c b/src/display.c
index c95844bbcd6..b8190db8c0e 100644
--- a/src/display.c
+++ b/src/display.c
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ static struct PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     {"releasedc", (PyCFunction)_releasedc, 1},
     {"frombytes", (PyCFunction)_frombytes, 1},
     {"tobytes", (PyCFunction)_tobytes, 1},
-    {"fromstring", (PyCFunction)_frombytes, 1},
-    {"tostring", (PyCFunction)_tobytes, 1},
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };