diff --git a/derive/src/pystructseq.rs b/derive/src/pystructseq.rs
index 236f10efd..0da5fa383 100644
--- a/derive/src/pystructseq.rs
+++ b/derive/src/pystructseq.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub(crate) fn impl_pystruct_sequence(
                     self.#field_names,
                     vm,
                 )),*];
-                ::rustpython_vm::builtins::tuple::PyTuple::_new(items.into_boxed_slice())
+                ::rustpython_vm::builtins::tuple::PyTuple::new_unchecked(items.into_boxed_slice())
             }
         }
         impl ::rustpython_vm::IntoPyObject for #ty {
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/pytype.rs b/vm/src/builtins/pytype.rs
index 6d494ca5d..71a27a327 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/pytype.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/pytype.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ impl PyType {
     #[pyproperty(name = "__mro__")]
     fn get_mro(zelf: PyRef<Self>) -> PyTuple {
         let elements: Vec<PyObjectRef> = zelf.iter_mro().map(|x| x.as_object().clone()).collect();
-        PyTuple::_new(elements.into_boxed_slice())
+        PyTuple::new_unchecked(elements.into_boxed_slice())
     }
 
     #[pyproperty(magic)]
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/tuple.rs b/vm/src/builtins/tuple.rs
index c10f30420..65666cbf2 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/tuple.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/tuple.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ impl PyTuple {
     /// Creating a new tuple with given boxed slice.
     /// NOTE: for usual case, you probably want to use PyTupleRef::with_elements.
     /// Calling this function implies trying micro optimization for non-zero-sized tuple.
-    pub(crate) fn _new(elements: Box<[PyObjectRef]>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_unchecked(elements: Box<[PyObjectRef]>) -> Self {
         Self { elements }
     }
 
diff --git a/vm/src/pyobject.rs b/vm/src/pyobject.rs
index fe2ef7397..0eabfe0d7 100644
--- a/vm/src/pyobject.rs
+++ b/vm/src/pyobject.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl PyContext {
         let false_value = create_object(PyInt::from(0), &types.bool_type);
 
         let empty_tuple = create_object(
-            PyTuple::_new(Vec::new().into_boxed_slice()),
+            PyTuple::new_unchecked(Vec::new().into_boxed_slice()),
             &types.tuple_type,
         );
         let empty_frozenset =