diff --git a/Lib/python/pyrun.swg b/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
index fc2a27e10..19ca3dde8 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
@@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ PySwigClientData_New(PyObject* obj)
       data->destroy = 0;
     }
     if (data->destroy) {
+      int flags;
       Py_INCREF(data->destroy);
-      int flags = PyCFunction_GET_FLAGS(data->destroy);
+      flags = PyCFunction_GET_FLAGS(data->destroy);
 #ifdef METH_O
       data->delargs = !(flags & (METH_O));
 #else
diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/valtypes.swg b/Lib/typemaps/valtypes.swg
index bec5af66a..841f1ff9b 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/valtypes.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/valtypes.swg
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 /* typecheck */
 
 %define %value_typecheck_typemap(check,asval_meth,frag,Type...)
-  %typemap(typecheck,noblock=1,precedence=check,fragment=frag) Type, const Type& {
+  %typemap(typecheck,precedence=check,fragment=frag) Type, const Type& {
     int res = asval_meth($input, NULL);
     $1 = SWIG_CheckState(res);
   }