@@ -901,12 +901,10 @@ return true, otherwise they return false and raise an appropriate exception.
       Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned short int` to a Python integer object.
 
    ``I`` (integer/long) [unsigned int]
-      Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned int` to a Python integer object or a Python long
-      integer object, if it is larger than ``sys.maxint``.
+      Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned int` to a Python long integer object.
 
    ``k`` (integer/long) [unsigned long]
-      Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned long` to a Python integer object or a Python long
-      integer object, if it is larger than ``sys.maxint``.
+      Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned long` to a Python long integer object.
 
    ``L`` (long) [PY_LONG_LONG]
       Convert a C :ctype:`long long` to a Python integer object. Only available
 
@@ -316,10 +316,7 @@ do_mkvalue(const char **p_format, va_list *p_va, int flags)
 		{
 			unsigned int n;
 			n = va_arg(*p_va, unsigned int);
-			if (n > (unsigned long)PyInt_GetMax())
-				return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong((unsigned long)n);
-			else
-				return PyLong_FromLong(n);
+			return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(n);
 		}
 
 		case 'n':
@@ -334,10 +331,7 @@ do_mkvalue(const char **p_format, va_list *p_va, int flags)
 		{
 			unsigned long n;
 			n = va_arg(*p_va, unsigned long);
-			if (n > (unsigned long)PyInt_GetMax())
-				return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(n);
-			else
-				return PyLong_FromLong(n);
+			return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(n);
 		}
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -316,10 +316,7 @@ do_mkvalue(const char *p_format, va_list p_va, int flags)`
`316`	`316`	`{`
`317`	`317`	`unsigned int n;`
`318`	`318`	`n = va_arg(*p_va, unsigned int);`
`319`		`- if (n > (unsigned long)PyInt_GetMax())`
`320`		`- return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong((unsigned long)n);`
`321`		`- else`
`322`		`- return PyLong_FromLong(n);`
	`319`	`+ return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(n);`
`323`	`320`	`}`
`324`	`321`
`325`	`322`	`case 'n':`
`@@ -334,10 +331,7 @@ do_mkvalue(const char *p_format, va_list p_va, int flags)`
`334`	`331`	`{`
`335`	`332`	`unsigned long n;`
`336`	`333`	`n = va_arg(*p_va, unsigned long);`
`337`		`- if (n > (unsigned long)PyInt_GetMax())`
`338`		`- return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(n);`
`339`		`- else`
`340`		`- return PyLong_FromLong(n);`
	`334`	`+ return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(n);`
`341`	`335`	`}`
`342`	`336`
`343`	`337`	`#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG`