--- common.cpp~	2022-10-24 23:27:33.000000000 -0500
+++ common.cpp	2023-03-09 09:44:13.652450597 -0600
@@ -361,33 +361,6 @@
         PyUnicode_READY(object);
 
         switch (PyUnicode_KIND(object)) {
-          case PyUnicode_WCHAR_KIND: {  // this code path should be deprecated
-              if (SIZEOF_WCHAR_T == sizeof(UChar))
-              {
-                  Py_ssize_t len;
-                  wchar_t *wchars = PyUnicode_AsWideCharString(object, &len);
-
-                  if (wchars != NULL)
-                  {
-                      string.setTo((const UChar *) wchars, len);
-                      PyMem_Free(wchars);
-                  }
-              }
-              else if (SIZEOF_WCHAR_T == sizeof(UChar32))
-              {
-                  Py_ssize_t len;
-                  wchar_t *wchars = PyUnicode_AsWideCharString(object, &len);
-
-                  if (wchars != NULL)
-                  {
-                      string = UnicodeString::fromUTF32(
-                          (const UChar32 *) wchars, len);
-                      PyMem_Free(wchars);
-                  }
-              }
-              break;
-          }
-
           case PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND: {
               Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(object);
               Py_UCS1 *pchars = PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(object);