@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 -   David Lassonde ([@lassond](https://github.com/lassond))
 -   David Lechner ([@dlech](https://github.com/dlech))
 -   Dmitriy Se ([@dmitriyse](https://github.com/dmitriyse))
+-   Florian Treurniet ([@ftreurni](https://github.com/ftreurni))
 -   He-chien Tsai ([@t3476](https://github.com/t3476))
 -   Inna Wiesel ([@inna-w](https://github.com/inna-w))
 -   Ivan Cronyn ([@cronan](https://github.com/cronan))
 
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ This document follows the conventions laid out in [Keep a CHANGELOG][].
 -   Added argument types information to "No method matches given arguments" message
 -   Moved wheel import in setup.py inside of a try/except to prevent pip collection failures
 -   Added support for converting python iterators to C# arrays
+-   Removes PyLong_GetMax and PyClass_New when targetting Python3
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed runtime that fails loading when using pythonnet in an environment
+  together with Nuitka
+
 ## [2.4.0][]
 
 ### Added
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ This document follows the conventions laid out in [Keep a CHANGELOG][].
 -   Fixed conversion of 'float' and 'double' values ([#486][i486])
 -   Fixed 'clrmethod' for python 2 ([#492][i492])
 -   Fixed double calling of constructor when deriving from .NET class ([#495][i495])
--   Fixed `clr.GetClrType` when iterating over `System` members ([#607][p607]) 
+-   Fixed `clr.GetClrType` when iterating over `System` members ([#607][p607])
 -   Fixed `LockRecursionException` when loading assemblies ([#627][i627])
 -   Fixed errors breaking .NET Remoting on method invoke ([#276][i276])
 -   Fixed PyObject.GetHashCode ([#676][i676])
 
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ internal static void Initialize(bool initSigs = false)
             PyNotImplemented = PyObject_GetAttrString(op, "NotImplemented");
             PyBaseObjectType = PyObject_GetAttrString(op, "object");
 
-            PyModuleType = PyObject_Type(op);
             PyNone = PyObject_GetAttrString(op, "None");
             PyTrue = PyObject_GetAttrString(op, "True");
             PyFalse = PyObject_GetAttrString(op, "False");
@@ -302,6 +301,7 @@ internal static void Initialize(bool initSigs = false)
                 dllLocal = loader.Load(_PythonDll);
             }
             _PyObject_NextNotImplemented = loader.GetFunction(dllLocal, "_PyObject_NextNotImplemented");
+            PyModuleType = loader.GetFunction(dllLocal, "PyModule_Type");
 
             if (dllLocal != IntPtr.Zero)
             {
@@ -769,8 +769,10 @@ public static extern int Py_Main(
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static extern IntPtr PyCFunction_Call(IntPtr func, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw);
 
+#if PYTHON2
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static extern IntPtr PyClass_New(IntPtr bases, IntPtr dict, IntPtr name);
+#endif
 
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static extern IntPtr PyInstance_New(IntPtr cls, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw);
@@ -1012,10 +1014,6 @@ internal static IntPtr PyInt_FromInt64(long value)
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl,
             EntryPoint = "PyLong_FromString")]
         internal static extern IntPtr PyInt_FromString(string value, IntPtr end, int radix);
-
-        [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl,
-            EntryPoint = "PyLong_GetMax")]
-        internal static extern int PyInt_GetMax();
 #elif PYTHON2
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         private static extern IntPtr PyInt_FromLong(IntPtr value);