diff --git a/src/converter/builtin_converters.cpp b/src/converter/builtin_converters.cpp
index ee2d5b479..227fe2f80 100644
--- a/src/converter/builtin_converters.cpp
+++ b/src/converter/builtin_converters.cpp
@@ -40,22 +40,18 @@ namespace
 
   // An lvalue conversion function which extracts a char const* from a
   // Python String.
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
   void* convert_to_cstring(PyObject* obj)
   {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
       return PyString_Check(obj) ? PyString_AsString(obj) : 0;
-  }
 #elif PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03070000
-  void* convert_to_cstring(PyObject* obj)
-  {
       return PyUnicode_Check(obj) ? _PyUnicode_AsString(obj) : 0;
-  }
-#else
-  void* convert_to_cstring(PyObject* obj)
-  {
+#elif PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030E0000
       return PyUnicode_Check(obj) ? const_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(_PyUnicode_AsString(obj))) : 0;
-  }
+#else
+      return PyUnicode_Check(obj) ? const_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(obj))) : 0;
 #endif
+  }
 
   // Given a target type and a SlotPolicy describing how to perform a
   // given conversion, registers from_python converters which use the