diff --git a/Include/odictobject.h b/Include/odictobject.h
index 381de58ba4c73e..692194daee86c4 100644
--- a/Include/odictobject.h
+++ b/Include/odictobject.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 
 /* OrderedDict */
+/* This API is optional and mostly redundant. */
 
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 
@@ -21,10 +22,6 @@ PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyODictValues_Type;
 #define PyODict_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyODict_Type)
 #define PyODict_SIZE(op) ((PyDictObject *)op)->ma_used
 
-#endif /* Py_LIMITED_API */
-
-#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03050000
-
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyODict_New(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyODict_SetItem(PyObject *od, PyObject *key, PyObject *item);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyODict_DelItem(PyObject *od, PyObject *key);
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2017-12-16-09-59-35.bpo-29084.ZGJ-LJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2017-12-16-09-59-35.bpo-29084.ZGJ-LJ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..940f7160772605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2017-12-16-09-59-35.bpo-29084.ZGJ-LJ.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Undocumented C API for OrderedDict has been excluded from the limited C API.
+It was added by mistake and actually never worked in the limited C API.