diff --git a/Modules/_interpqueuesmodule.c b/Modules/_interpqueuesmodule.c
index de06b8b41fe585..e5afe746f90bdc 100644
--- a/Modules/_interpqueuesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_interpqueuesmodule.c
@@ -1952,8 +1952,7 @@ static int
 module_traverse(PyObject *mod, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
     module_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
-    (void)traverse_module_state(state, visit, arg);
-    return 0;
+    return traverse_module_state(state, visit, arg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1962,8 +1961,7 @@ module_clear(PyObject *mod)
     module_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
 
     // Now we clear the module state.
-    (void)clear_module_state(state);
-    return 0;
+    return clear_module_state(state);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c b/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c
index b920c32474f4e6..e7feaa7f186aee 100644
--- a/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c
@@ -1706,8 +1706,7 @@ module_traverse(PyObject *mod, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
     module_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
     assert(state != NULL);
-    (void)traverse_module_state(state, visit, arg);
-    return 0;
+    return traverse_module_state(state, visit, arg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1715,8 +1714,7 @@ module_clear(PyObject *mod)
 {
     module_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
     assert(state != NULL);
-    (void)clear_module_state(state);
-    return 0;
+    return clear_module_state(state);
 }
 
 static void