GeezerVison

diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h b/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
index 009802c4416..899b19ae941 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct _Py_global_strings {
         STRUCT_FOR_STR(dot, ".")
         STRUCT_FOR_STR(dot_locals, ".<locals>")
         STRUCT_FOR_STR(empty, "")
-        STRUCT_FOR_STR(format, ".format")
+        STRUCT_FOR_STR(format, "format")
         STRUCT_FOR_STR(generic_base, ".generic_base")
         STRUCT_FOR_STR(json_decoder, "json.decoder")
         STRUCT_FOR_STR(kwdefaults, ".kwdefaults")
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
index ff5b6ee8e0f..e8b5173a457 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ extern "C" {
     INIT_STR(dot, "."), \
     INIT_STR(dot_locals, ".<locals>"), \
     INIT_STR(empty, ""), \
-    INIT_STR(format, ".format"), \
+    INIT_STR(format, "format"), \
     INIT_STR(generic_base, ".generic_base"), \
     INIT_STR(json_decoder, "json.decoder"), \
     INIT_STR(kwdefaults, ".kwdefaults"), \
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index c3372766d0b..7535067ded0 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ compiler_setup_annotations_scope(struct compiler *c, location loc,
     }
     c->u->u_metadata.u_posonlyargcount = 1;
     // if .format != 1: raise NotImplementedError
-    _Py_DECLARE_STR(format, ".format");
+    _Py_DECLARE_STR(format, "format");
     ADDOP_I(c, loc, LOAD_FAST, 0);
     ADDOP_LOAD_CONST(c, loc, _PyLong_GetOne());
     ADDOP_I(c, loc, COMPARE_OP, (Py_NE << 5) | compare_masks[Py_NE]);
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index 23fc4a0ec03..0154092a905 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ symtable_visit_annotation(struct symtable *st, expr_ty annotation, void *key)
             }
         }
 
-        _Py_DECLARE_STR(format, ".format");
+        _Py_DECLARE_STR(format, "format");
         // The generated __annotate__ function takes a single parameter with the
         // internal name ".format".
         if (!symtable_add_def(st, &_Py_STR(format), DEF_PARAM,
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ symtable_visit_annotations(struct symtable *st, stmt_ty o, arguments_ty a, expr_
             return 0;
         }
     }
-    _Py_DECLARE_STR(format, ".format");
+    _Py_DECLARE_STR(format, "format");
     // We need to insert code that reads this "parameter" to the function.
     if (!symtable_add_def(st, &_Py_STR(format), DEF_PARAM, LOCATION(o))) {
         return 0;