diff --git a/src/libcec/SwigHelper.h b/src/libcec/SwigHelper.h
index 985597674..cc7302424 100644
--- a/src/libcec/SwigHelper.h
+++ b/src/libcec/SwigHelper.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ namespace CEC
       if (!!m_callbacks[callback])
       {
         /** call the callback */
-        result = PyEval_CallObject(m_callbacks[callback], arglist);
+        result = PyObject_CallObject(m_callbacks[callback], arglist);
 
         /** unref the argument and result */
         if (!!arglist)
diff --git a/src/libcec/libcec.i b/src/libcec/libcec.i
index 88250be07..03ccd2a45 100644
--- a/src/libcec/libcec.i
+++ b/src/libcec/libcec.i
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace std {
       if (!!lib)
       {
         lib->InitVideoStandalone();
-        PyEval_InitThreads();
+        // PyEval_InitThreads();
       }
       return lib;
     }