diff --git a/Tests/test_imagecms.py b/Tests/test_imagecms.py
index 3bc493a72d8..477bd86a254 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagecms.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagecms.py
@@ -494,11 +494,6 @@ def test_non_ascii_path(tmp_path):
 
 
 def test_profile_typesafety():
-    """Profile init type safety
-
-    prepatch, these would segfault, postpatch they should emit a typeerror
-    """
-
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Invalid type for Profile"):
         ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile(0).tobytes()
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Invalid type for Profile"):
@@ -510,6 +505,12 @@ def test_profile_typesafety():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         ImageCms.core.profile_tobytes(1)
 
+    # core profile should not be directly instantiable
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        ImageCms.core.CmsProfile()
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        ImageCms.core.CmsProfile(0)
+
 
 def assert_aux_channel_preserved(mode, transform_in_place, preserved_channel):
     def create_test_image():
diff --git a/src/_imagingcms.c b/src/_imagingcms.c
index 2d6d22dd137..0bbd662fa54 100644
--- a/src/_imagingcms.c
+++ b/src/_imagingcms.c
@@ -1511,8 +1511,6 @@ setup_module(PyObject *m) {
     PyObject *v;
     int vn;
 
-    CmsProfile_Type.tp_new = PyType_GenericNew;
-
     /* Ready object types */
     PyType_Ready(&CmsProfile_Type);
     PyType_Ready(&CmsTransform_Type);