diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
index b791d3cdc5d95c..4980534eae9a65 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ initialization::
 
         /* Specify sys.path explicitly */
         /* If you want to modify the default set of paths, finish
-           initialization first and then use PySys_GetObject("path") */
+           initialization first and then use PySys_GetAttrString("path", ...) */
         config.module_search_paths_set = 1;
         status = PyWideStringList_Append(&config.module_search_paths,
                                          L"/path/to/stdlib");
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
index 4ab5df4ccccdbb..194c33874d84e5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
@@ -258,11 +258,36 @@ These are utility functions that make functionality from the :mod:`sys` module
 accessible to C code.  They all work with the current interpreter thread's
 :mod:`sys` module's dict, which is contained in the internal thread state structure.
 
+.. c:function:: int PySys_GetAttr(PyObject *name, PyObject **result);
+
+   Get the attribute *name* of the :mod:`sys` module.
+
+   If the object exists, set *\*result* to a new :term:`strong reference`
+   to the object and return ``1``.
+   If the object does not exist, set *\*result* to ``NULL`` and return ``0``,
+   without setting an exception.
+   If other error occurred, set an exception, set *\*result* to ``NULL`` and
+   return ``-1``.
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
+.. c:function:: int PySys_GetAttrString(const char *name, PyObject **result);
+
+   This is the same as :c:func:`PySys_GetAttr`, but *name* is
+   specified as a :c:expr:`const char*` UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
+   rather than a :c:expr:`PyObject*`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
 .. c:function:: PyObject *PySys_GetObject(const char *name)
 
    Return the object *name* from the :mod:`sys` module or ``NULL`` if it does
    not exist, without setting an exception.
 
+   Preserves exception that was set before the call.
+
+   It is recommended to use :c:func:`PySys_GetAttrString` instead.
+
 .. c:function:: int PySys_SetObject(const char *name, PyObject *v)
 
    Set *name* in the :mod:`sys` module to *v* unless *v* is ``NULL``, in which
diff --git a/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat b/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat
index 59e7a31bc2ef06..e07880559afd27 100644
--- a/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat
+++ b/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat
@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ func,PySys_Audit,3.13,,
 func,PySys_AuditTuple,3.13,,
 func,PySys_FormatStderr,3.2,,
 func,PySys_FormatStdout,3.2,,
+func,PySys_GetAttr,3.14,,
+func,PySys_GetAttrString,3.14,,
 func,PySys_GetObject,3.2,,
 func,PySys_GetXOptions,3.7,,
 func,PySys_ResetWarnOptions,3.2,,
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
index dbd59a9d7be150..853bdc3dfda811 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
@@ -1491,6 +1491,10 @@ New features
 
   (Contributed by Sergey B Kirpichev and Victor Stinner in :gh:`102471`.)
 
+* Add :c:func:`PySys_GetAttr` and :c:func:`PySys_GetAttrString`
+  functions as replacements for :c:func:`PySys_GetObject`.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`108512`.)
+
 * Add :c:func:`PyType_GetBaseByToken` and :c:data:`Py_tp_token` slot for easier
   superclass identification, which attempts to resolve the `type checking issue
   <https://peps.python.org/pep-0630/#type-checking>`__ mentioned in :pep:`630`
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_sysmodule.h b/Include/internal/pycore_sysmodule.h
index 9536579e965f7b..eca29373754026 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_sysmodule.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_sysmodule.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #  error "this header requires Py_BUILD_CORE define"
 #endif
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PySys_GetOptionalAttr(PyObject *, PyObject **);
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString(const char *, PyObject **);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySys_GetRequiredAttr(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString(const char *);
 
diff --git a/Include/sysmodule.h b/Include/sysmodule.h
index c1d5f610fe08a5..5e8373c07dfe10 100644
--- a/Include/sysmodule.h
+++ b/Include/sysmodule.h
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030e0000
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PySys_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject **);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PySys_GetAttrString(const char *, PyObject **);
+#endif
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PySys_GetObject(const char *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PySys_SetObject(const char *, PyObject *);
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_sys.py
index d3a9b378e7769a..1461d7a73b59c8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_sys.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 except ImportError:
     _testlimitedcapi = None
 
+try:
+    import _testinternalcapi
+except ImportError:
+    _testinternalcapi = None
+
 NULL = None
 
 class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -19,6 +24,33 @@ class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     maxDiff = None
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testlimitedcapi is None, 'need _testlimitedcapi module')
+    def test_sys_getattr(self):
+        # Test PySys_GetAttr()
+        sys_getattr = _testlimitedcapi.sys_getattr
+
+        self.assertIs(sys_getattr('stdout'), sys.stdout)
+        with support.swap_attr(sys, '\U0001f40d', 42):
+            self.assertEqual(sys_getattr('\U0001f40d'), 42)
+
+        self.assertIs(sys_getattr('nonexisting'), AttributeError)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, sys_getattr, 1)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, sys_getattr, [])
+        # CRASHES sys_getattr(NULL)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testlimitedcapi is None, 'need _testlimitedcapi module')
+    def test_sys_getattrstring(self):
+        # Test PySys_GetAttrString()
+        getattrstring = _testlimitedcapi.sys_getattrstring
+
+        self.assertIs(getattrstring(b'stdout'), sys.stdout)
+        with support.swap_attr(sys, '\U0001f40d', 42):
+            self.assertEqual(getattrstring('\U0001f40d'.encode()), 42)
+
+        self.assertIs(getattrstring(b'nonexisting'), AttributeError)
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, getattrstring, b'\xff')
+        # CRASHES getattrstring(NULL)
+
     @support.cpython_only
     @unittest.skipIf(_testlimitedcapi is None, 'need _testlimitedcapi module')
     def test_sys_getobject(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py b/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py
index f3724ce6d4d15a..8ff30fdbae1d6a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py
@@ -655,6 +655,8 @@ def test_windows_feature_macros(self):
     "PySys_AuditTuple",
     "PySys_FormatStderr",
     "PySys_FormatStdout",
+    "PySys_GetAttr",
+    "PySys_GetAttrString",
     "PySys_GetObject",
     "PySys_GetXOptions",
     "PySys_HasWarnOptions",
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2023-10-18-14-36-35.gh-issue-108512.fMZLfr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2023-10-18-14-36-35.gh-issue-108512.fMZLfr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d67ba554a24484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2023-10-18-14-36-35.gh-issue-108512.fMZLfr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add functions :c:func:`PySys_GetAttr` and :c:func:`PySys_GetAttrString`.
diff --git a/Misc/stable_abi.toml b/Misc/stable_abi.toml
index 9317be605f0065..fe3e8760dd09ae 100644
--- a/Misc/stable_abi.toml
+++ b/Misc/stable_abi.toml
@@ -2545,3 +2545,7 @@
     added = '3.14'
 [function.Py_PACK_VERSION]
     added = '3.14'
+[function.PySys_GetAttr]
+    added = '3.14'
+[function.PySys_GetAttrString]
+    added = '3.14'
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 5bfc6a1383f142..a0764e6900964b 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static const char PyCursesVersion[] = "2.2";
 #include "pycore_capsule.h"     // _PyCapsule_SetTraverse()
 #include "pycore_long.h"        // _PyLong_GetZero()
 #include "pycore_structseq.h"   // _PyStructSequence_NewType()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"   // _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString()
+#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"   // PySys_GetAttrString()
 
 #ifdef __hpux
 #define STRICT_SYSV_CURSES
@@ -3543,7 +3543,7 @@ _curses_setupterm_impl(PyObject *module, const char *term, int fd)
     if (fd == -1) {
         PyObject* sys_stdout;
 
-        if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("stdout", &sys_stdout) < 0) {
+        if (PySys_GetAttrString("stdout", &sys_stdout) < 0) {
             return NULL;
         }
 
diff --git a/Modules/_lsprof.c b/Modules/_lsprof.c
index 39d900cb824312..420facefb9728a 100644
--- a/Modules/_lsprof.c
+++ b/Modules/_lsprof.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "pycore_call.h"          // _PyObject_CallNoArgs()
 #include "pycore_ceval.h"         // _PyEval_SetProfile()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyThreadState_GET()
+#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString()
 #include "pycore_time.h"          // _PyTime_FromLong()
 
 #include "rotatingtree.h"
@@ -779,7 +780,7 @@ _lsprof_Profiler_enable_impl(ProfilerObject *self, int subcalls,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    PyObject* monitoring = PyImport_ImportModuleAttrString("sys", "monitoring");
+    PyObject* monitoring = _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString("monitoring");
     if (!monitoring) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -861,7 +862,7 @@ _lsprof_Profiler_disable_impl(ProfilerObject *self)
     }
     if (self->flags & POF_ENABLED) {
         PyObject* result = NULL;
-        PyObject* monitoring = PyImport_ImportModuleAttrString("sys", "monitoring");
+        PyObject* monitoring = _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString("monitoring");
 
         if (!monitoring) {
             return NULL;
@@ -980,7 +981,7 @@ profiler_init_impl(ProfilerObject *self, PyObject *timer, double timeunit,
     Py_XSETREF(self->externalTimer, Py_XNewRef(timer));
     self->tool_id = PY_MONITORING_PROFILER_ID;
 
-    PyObject* monitoring = PyImport_ImportModuleAttrString("sys", "monitoring");
+    PyObject* monitoring = _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString("monitoring");
     if (!monitoring) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/sys.c b/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/sys.c
index 7d8b7a8569e515..ed3383ed72aa7f 100644
--- a/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/sys.c
+++ b/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/sys.c
@@ -1,7 +1,58 @@
+#include "pyconfig.h"   // Py_GIL_DISABLED
+// Need limited C API version 3.14 for PySys_GetAttr() etc
+#if !defined(Py_GIL_DISABLED) && !defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
+#  define Py_LIMITED_API 0x030e0000
+#endif
 #include "parts.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 
+static PyObject *
+sys_getattr(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *name)
+{
+    PyObject *value = UNINITIALIZED_PTR;
+    NULLABLE(name);
+
+    switch (PySys_GetAttr(name, &value)) {
+        case -1:
+            assert(value == NULL);
+            assert(PyErr_Occurred());
+            return NULL;
+        case 0:
+            assert(value == NULL);
+            return Py_NewRef(PyExc_AttributeError);
+        case 1:
+            return value;
+        default:
+            Py_FatalError("PySys_GetAttr() returned invalid code");
+    }
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+sys_getattrstring(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *arg)
+{
+    PyObject *value = UNINITIALIZED_PTR;
+    const char *name;
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    if (!PyArg_Parse(arg, "z#", &name, &size)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    switch (PySys_GetAttrString(name, &value)) {
+        case -1:
+            assert(value == NULL);
+            assert(PyErr_Occurred());
+            return NULL;
+        case 0:
+            assert(value == NULL);
+            return Py_NewRef(PyExc_AttributeError);
+        case 1:
+            return value;
+        default:
+            Py_FatalError("PySys_GetAttrString() returned invalid code");
+    }
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 sys_getobject(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *arg)
 {
@@ -39,6 +90,8 @@ sys_getxoptions(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
 
 
 static PyMethodDef test_methods[] = {
+    {"sys_getattr", sys_getattr, METH_O},
+    {"sys_getattrstring", sys_getattrstring, METH_O},
     {"sys_getobject", sys_getobject, METH_O},
     {"sys_setobject", sys_setobject, METH_VARARGS},
     {"sys_getxoptions", sys_getxoptions, METH_NOARGS},
diff --git a/Modules/_threadmodule.c b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
index dab6b395cb2e46..a1d31e21027d9b 100644
--- a/Modules/_threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "pycore_modsupport.h"    // _PyArg_NoKeywords()
 #include "pycore_pylifecycle.h"
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyThreadState_SetCurrent()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttr()
 #include "pycore_time.h"          // _PyTime_FromSeconds()
 #include "pycore_weakref.h"       // _PyWeakref_GET_REF()
 
@@ -2250,7 +2249,7 @@ thread_excepthook(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
     PyObject *thread = PyStructSequence_GET_ITEM(args, 3);
 
     PyObject *file;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr( &_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr( &_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
     if (file == NULL || file == Py_None) {
diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index cc9fba37bdb555..6f7c4896a969d4 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Copyright (C) 1994 Steen Lumholt.
 #endif
 
 #include "pycore_long.h"          // _PyLong_IsNegative()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString()
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 #  include <windows.h>
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ _get_tcl_lib_path(void)
         int stat_return_value;
         PyObject *prefix;
 
-        (void) _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("base_prefix", &prefix);
+        (void) PySys_GetAttrString("base_prefix", &prefix);
         if (prefix == NULL) {
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -3520,7 +3519,7 @@ PyInit__tkinter(void)
 
     /* This helps the dynamic loader; in Unicode aware Tcl versions
        it also helps Tcl find its encodings. */
-    (void) _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("executable", &uexe);
+    (void) PySys_GetAttrString("executable", &uexe);
     if (uexe && PyUnicode_Check(uexe)) {   // sys.executable can be None
         cexe = PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault(uexe);
         Py_DECREF(uexe);
diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 0aebce0d3b7aa2..0bd56f1da034e9 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -481,16 +481,13 @@ pymain_run_startup(PyConfig *config, int *exitcode)
 static int
 pymain_run_interactive_hook(int *exitcode)
 {
-    PyObject *hook = PyImport_ImportModuleAttrString("sys",
-                                                     "__interactivehook__");
-    if (hook == NULL) {
-        if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
-            // no sys.__interactivehook__ attribute
-            PyErr_Clear();
-            return 0;
-        }
+    PyObject *hook;
+    if (PySys_GetAttrString("__interactivehook__", &hook) < 0) {
         goto error;
     }
+    if (hook == NULL) {
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     if (PySys_Audit("cpython.run_interactivehook", "O", hook) < 0) {
         goto error;
diff --git a/Modules/syslogmodule.c b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
index 9c54af51402a27..3bbfebf1fad6c3 100644
--- a/Modules/syslogmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ Revision history:
 
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "osdefs.h"               // SEP
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString()
 
 #include <syslog.h>
 
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ syslog_get_argv(void)
     Py_ssize_t slash;
     PyObject *argv;
 
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("argv", &argv) <= 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttrString("argv", &argv) <= 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/Objects/moduleobject.c b/Objects/moduleobject.c
index 20a2b8ee3221f8..a2e7c7b323795a 100644
--- a/Objects/moduleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/moduleobject.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "pycore_object.h"        // _PyType_AllocNoTrack
 #include "pycore_pyerrors.h"      // _PyErr_FormatFromCause()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyInterpreterState_GET()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString()
+#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // PySys_GetAttrString()
 
 #include "osdefs.h"               // MAXPATHLEN
 
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ _Py_module_getattro_impl(PyModuleObject *m, PyObject *name, int suppress)
     int is_possibly_shadowing_stdlib = 0;
     if (is_possibly_shadowing) {
         PyObject *stdlib_modules;
-        if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("stdlib_module_names", &stdlib_modules) < 0) {
+        if (PySys_GetAttrString("stdlib_module_names", &stdlib_modules) < 0) {
             goto done;
         }
         if (stdlib_modules && PyAnySet_Check(stdlib_modules)) {
diff --git a/PC/python3dll.c b/PC/python3dll.c
index 84b3c735240b73..bcc2ba4125c738 100755
--- a/PC/python3dll.c
+++ b/PC/python3dll.c
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_Audit)
 EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_AuditTuple)
 EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_FormatStderr)
 EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_FormatStdout)
+EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_GetAttr)
+EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_GetAttrString)
 EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_GetObject)
 EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_GetXOptions)
 EXPORT_FUNC(PySys_HasWarnOptions)
diff --git a/Python/_warnings.c b/Python/_warnings.c
index 72d6bf5b582aa5..dfd9717db2ec9b 100644
--- a/Python/_warnings.c
+++ b/Python/_warnings.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "pycore_pyerrors.h"      // _PyErr_Occurred()
 #include "pycore_pylifecycle.h"   // _Py_IsInterpreterFinalizing()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyThreadState_GET()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttr()
 #include "pycore_traceback.h"     // _Py_DisplaySourceLine()
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ show_warning(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *filename, int lineno,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &f_stderr) <= 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &f_stderr) <= 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "lost sys.stderr\n");
         goto error;
     }
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 0a3b30513733bd..326fc9862b677d 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "pycore_tuple.h"         // _PyTuple_ITEMS()
 #include "pycore_uop_ids.h"       // Uops
 #include "pycore_pyerrors.h"
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString()
+#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // PySys_GetAttrString()
 
 #include "pycore_dict.h"
 #include "dictobject.h"
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ _PyEval_ImportFrom(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *v, PyObject *name)
     int is_possibly_shadowing_stdlib = 0;
     if (is_possibly_shadowing) {
         PyObject *stdlib_modules;
-        if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("stdlib_module_names", &stdlib_modules) < 0) {
+        if (PySys_GetAttrString("stdlib_module_names", &stdlib_modules) < 0) {
             goto done;
         }
         if (stdlib_modules && PyAnySet_Check(stdlib_modules)) {
diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index bf48c107e253a3..1cc1d47dd4ed83 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "pycore_pyerrors.h"      // _PyErr_Format()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyThreadState_GET()
 #include "pycore_structseq.h"     // _PyStructSequence_FiniBuiltin()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttr()
 #include "pycore_traceback.h"     // _PyTraceBack_FromFrame()
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
@@ -1533,7 +1532,7 @@ write_unraisable_exc(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *exc_type,
                      PyObject *obj)
 {
     PyObject *file;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
     if (file == NULL || file == Py_None) {
@@ -1640,7 +1639,7 @@ format_unraisable_v(const char *format, va_list va, PyObject *obj)
     }
 
     PyObject *hook;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(unraisablehook), &hook) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(unraisablehook), &hook) < 0) {
         Py_DECREF(hook_args);
         err_msg_str = NULL;
         obj = NULL;
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 6836e13972ce3c..f9438b9363482a 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -3637,14 +3637,14 @@ import_find_and_load(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *abs_name)
     PyTime_t t1 = 0, accumulated_copy = accumulated;
 
     PyObject *sys_path, *sys_meta_path, *sys_path_hooks;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("path", &sys_path) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttrString("path", &sys_path) < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("meta_path", &sys_meta_path) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttrString("meta_path", &sys_meta_path) < 0) {
         Py_XDECREF(sys_path);
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("path_hooks", &sys_path_hooks) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttrString("path_hooks", &sys_path_hooks) < 0) {
         Py_XDECREF(sys_meta_path);
         Py_XDECREF(sys_path);
         return NULL;
diff --git a/Python/initconfig.c b/Python/initconfig.c
index d1e412295563cc..3233194862f6f8 100644
--- a/Python/initconfig.c
+++ b/Python/initconfig.c
@@ -3471,7 +3471,7 @@ _Py_DumpPathConfig(PyThreadState *tstate)
 #define DUMP_SYS(NAME) \
         do { \
             PySys_FormatStderr("  sys.%s = ", #NAME); \
-            if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString(#NAME, &obj) < 0) { \
+            if (PySys_GetAttrString(#NAME, &obj) < 0) { \
                 PyErr_Clear(); \
             } \
             if (obj != NULL) { \
@@ -3495,7 +3495,7 @@ _Py_DumpPathConfig(PyThreadState *tstate)
 #undef DUMP_SYS
 
     PyObject *sys_path;
-    (void) _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("path", &sys_path);
+    (void) PySys_GetAttrString("path", &sys_path);
     if (sys_path != NULL && PyList_Check(sys_path)) {
         PySys_WriteStderr("  sys.path = [\n");
         Py_ssize_t len = PyList_GET_SIZE(sys_path);
diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 1a7f312a604614..af89d96407baff 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ init_interp_main(PyThreadState *tstate)
     if (is_main_interp) {
         /* Initialize warnings. */
         PyObject *warnoptions;
-        if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("warnoptions", &warnoptions) < 0) {
+        if (PySys_GetAttrString("warnoptions", &warnoptions) < 0) {
             return _PyStatus_ERR("can't initialize warnings");
         }
         if (warnoptions != NULL && PyList_Check(warnoptions) &&
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ flush_std_files(void)
     PyObject *file;
     int status = 0;
 
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stdout), &file) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stdout), &file) < 0) {
         status = -1;
     }
     else if (file != NULL && file != Py_None && !file_is_closed(file)) {
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ flush_std_files(void)
     }
     Py_XDECREF(file);
 
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
         status = -1;
     }
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ _Py_FatalError_PrintExc(PyThreadState *tstate)
     }
 
     PyObject *ferr;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &ferr) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &ferr) < 0) {
         _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
     }
     if (ferr == NULL || ferr == Py_None) {
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 9b882d982a9e50..8b1d3b45a0c8cd 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ _PyRun_InteractiveLoopObject(FILE *fp, PyObject *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flag
     }
 
     PyObject *v;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(ps1), &v) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(ps1), &v) < 0) {
         PyErr_Print();
         return -1;
     }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ _PyRun_InteractiveLoopObject(FILE *fp, PyObject *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flag
         }
     }
     Py_XDECREF(v);
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(ps2), &v) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(ps2), &v) < 0) {
         PyErr_Print();
         return -1;
     }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ pyrun_one_parse_ast(FILE *fp, PyObject *filename,
     PyObject *encoding_obj = NULL;
     const char *encoding = NULL;
     if (fp == stdin) {
-        if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stdin), &attr) < 0) {
+        if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stdin), &attr) < 0) {
             PyErr_Clear();
         }
         else if (attr != NULL && attr != Py_None) {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pyrun_one_parse_ast(FILE *fp, PyObject *filename,
     // Get sys.ps1 (as UTF-8)
     PyObject *ps1_obj = NULL;
     const char *ps1 = "";
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(ps1), &attr) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(ps1), &attr) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
     }
     else if (attr != NULL) {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ pyrun_one_parse_ast(FILE *fp, PyObject *filename,
     // Get sys.ps2 (as UTF-8)
     PyObject *ps2_obj = NULL;
     const char *ps2 = "";
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(ps2), &attr) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(ps2), &attr) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
     }
     else if (attr != NULL) {
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ _Py_HandleSystemExitAndKeyboardInterrupt(int *exitcode_p)
     }
 
     PyObject *sys_stderr;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &sys_stderr) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &sys_stderr) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
     }
     else if (sys_stderr != NULL && sys_stderr != Py_None) {
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ _PyErr_PrintEx(PyThreadState *tstate, int set_sys_last_vars)
             _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
         }
     }
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(excepthook), &hook) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(excepthook), &hook) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
     }
     if (_PySys_Audit(tstate, "sys.excepthook", "OOOO", hook ? hook : Py_None,
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ void
 PyErr_Display(PyObject *unused, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb)
 {
     PyObject *file;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(stderr), &file) < 0) {
         PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
         _PyObject_Dump(value);
         fprintf(stderr, "lost sys.stderr\n");
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static void
 flush_io_stream(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *name)
 {
     PyObject *f;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(name, &f) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(name, &f) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
     }
     if (f != NULL) {
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 8030bbbdeafd52..5e884475b336db 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString(const char *name)
 }
 
 int
-_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(PyObject *name, PyObject **value)
+PySys_GetAttr(PyObject *name, PyObject **value)
 {
     if (!PyUnicode_Check(name)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ _PySys_GetOptionalAttr(PyObject *name, PyObject **value)
 }
 
 int
-_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString(const char *name, PyObject **value)
+PySys_GetAttrString(const char *name, PyObject **value)
 {
     PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
     PyObject *sysdict = tstate->interp->sysdict;
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ static PyObject *
 get_warnoptions(PyThreadState *tstate)
 {
     PyObject *warnoptions;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(warnoptions), &warnoptions) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(warnoptions), &warnoptions) < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
     if (warnoptions == NULL || !PyList_Check(warnoptions)) {
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ PySys_ResetWarnOptions(void)
     }
 
     PyObject *warnoptions;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(warnoptions), &warnoptions) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(warnoptions), &warnoptions) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
         return;
     }
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int)
 PySys_HasWarnOptions(void)
 {
     PyObject *warnoptions;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(warnoptions), &warnoptions) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(warnoptions), &warnoptions) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
         return 0;
     }
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ static PyObject *
 get_xoptions(PyThreadState *tstate)
 {
     PyObject *xoptions;
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(_xoptions), &xoptions) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(_xoptions), &xoptions) < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
     if (xoptions == NULL || !PyDict_Check(xoptions)) {
@@ -4040,7 +4040,7 @@ PySys_SetArgvEx(int argc, wchar_t **argv, int updatepath)
             }
 
             PyObject *sys_path;
-            if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(path), &sys_path) < 0) {
+            if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(path), &sys_path) < 0) {
                 Py_FatalError("can't get sys.path");
             }
             else if (sys_path != NULL) {
diff --git a/Python/traceback.c b/Python/traceback.c
index e53d87d52f9c33..585fcdfa9c5ca5 100644
--- a/Python/traceback.c
+++ b/Python/traceback.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "pycore_pyarena.h"       // _PyArena_Free()
 #include "pycore_pyerrors.h"      // _PyErr_GetRaisedException()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyThreadState_GET()
-#include "pycore_sysmodule.h"     // _PySys_GetOptionalAttr()
 #include "pycore_traceback.h"     // EXCEPTION_TB_HEADER
 
 #include "frameobject.h"          // PyFrame_New()
@@ -356,7 +355,7 @@ _Py_FindSourceFile(PyObject *filename, char* namebuf, size_t namelen, PyObject *
     taillen = strlen(tail);
 
     PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(&_Py_ID(path), &syspath) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttr(&_Py_ID(path), &syspath) < 0) {
         PyErr_Clear();
         goto error;
     }
@@ -734,7 +733,7 @@ _PyTraceBack_Print(PyObject *v, const char *header, PyObject *f)
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
         return -1;
     }
-    if (_PySys_GetOptionalAttrString("tracebacklimit", &limitv) < 0) {
+    if (PySys_GetAttrString("tracebacklimit", &limitv) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
     else if (limitv != NULL && PyLong_Check(limitv)) {