diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 258c4e8b..60f192bf 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const test_step = b.step("test", "Run library tests");
     const docs_step = b.step("docs", "Generate docs");
 
-    const translate_c = b.addTranslateC(.{
-        .root_source_file = b.path("pydust/src/ffi.h"),
-        .target = target,
-        .optimize = optimize,
-    });
-    translate_c.defineCMacro("Py_LIMITED_API", "0x030D0000");
-    translate_c.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = pythonInc });
-
     // We never build this lib, but we use it to generate docs.
     const pydust_lib = b.addLibrary(.{
         .linkage = .dynamic,
@@ -47,7 +39,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
     const pydust_lib_mod = b.createModule(.{ .root_source_file = b.path("./pyconf.dummy.zig") });
     pydust_lib_mod.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = pythonInc });
-    pydust_lib.root_module.addImport("ffi", translate_c.createModule());
     pydust_lib.root_module.addImport("pyconf", pydust_lib_mod);
 
     const pydust_docs = b.addInstallDirectory(.{
@@ -71,7 +62,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     main_tests.addRPath(.{ .cwd_relative = pythonLib });
     const main_tests_mod = b.createModule(.{ .root_source_file = b.path("./pyconf.dummy.zig") });
     main_tests_mod.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = pythonInc });
-    main_tests.root_module.addImport("ffi", translate_c.createModule());
     main_tests.root_module.addImport("pyconf", main_tests_mod);
 
     const run_main_tests = b.addRunArtifact(main_tests);
@@ -93,7 +83,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     example_lib.addRPath(.{ .cwd_relative = pythonLib });
     const example_lib_mod = b.createModule(.{ .root_source_file = b.path("pydust/src/pydust.zig") });
     example_lib_mod.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = pythonInc });
-    example_lib.root_module.addImport("ffi", translate_c.createModule());
     example_lib.root_module.addImport("pydust", example_lib_mod);
     example_lib.root_module.addImport(
         "pyconf",
diff --git a/pydust/src/builtins.zig b/pydust/src/builtins.zig
index 0296f2d7..c8ff3c9b 100644
--- a/pydust/src/builtins.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/builtins.zig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const py = @import("./pydust.zig");
 const pytypes = @import("./pytypes.zig");
 const State = @import("./discovery.zig").State;
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 const PyError = @import("./errors.zig").PyError;
 
 /// Zig enum for python richcompare op int.
diff --git a/pydust/src/ffi.h b/pydust/src/ffi.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 121c0404..00000000
--- a/pydust/src/ffi.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// Export the Limited Python C API for use within PyDust.
-
-#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
-#include <Python.h>
-
-// From 3.12 onwards, structmember.h is fixed to be including in Python.h
-// See https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/99014
-#include <structmember.h>
diff --git a/pydust/src/ffi.zig b/pydust/src/ffi.zig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a10ce754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydust/src/ffi.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Export the Limited Python C API for use within PyDust.
+
+const pyconf = @import("pyconf");
+
+pub const ffi = @cImport({
+    if (pyconf.limited_api) {
+        @cDefine("Py_LIMITED_API", pyconf.hexversion);
+    }
+
+    @cDefine("PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN", {});
+
+    @cInclude("Python.h");
+
+    // From 3.12 onwards, structmember.h is fixed to be including in Python.h
+
+    // See https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/99014
+
+    @cInclude("structmember.h");
+});
+
diff --git a/pydust/src/functions.zig b/pydust/src/functions.zig
index b18d72e2..aa04a11b 100644
--- a/pydust/src/functions.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/functions.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 const std = @import("std");
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("pydust.zig");
 const tramp = @import("trampoline.zig");
 const State = @import("discovery.zig").State;
diff --git a/pydust/src/mem.zig b/pydust/src/mem.zig
index 23ac27b2..dcc75a6a 100644
--- a/pydust/src/mem.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/mem.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const mem = std.mem;
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("./pydust.zig");
 
 pub const PyMemAllocator = struct {
diff --git a/pydust/src/modules.zig b/pydust/src/modules.zig
index 77a7c1a2..ad659b97 100644
--- a/pydust/src/modules.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/modules.zig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 const State = @import("discovery.zig").State;
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("pydust.zig");
 const PyError = py.PyError;
 const Attributes = @import("attributes.zig").Attributes;
diff --git a/pydust/src/pydust.build.zig b/pydust/src/pydust.build.zig
index ca05426b..414f327c 100644
--- a/pydust/src/pydust.build.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/pydust.build.zig
@@ -180,14 +180,9 @@ pub const PydustStep = struct {
             }),
         });
         lib.root_module.addOptions("pyconf", pyconf);
-        const translate_c = self.addTranslateC(options);
-        translate_c.addIncludePath(b.path(self.python_include_dir));
         const lib_module = b.createModule(.{
             .root_source_file = b.path(self.pydust_source_file),
-            .imports = &.{
-                .{ .name = "pyconf", .module = pyconf.createModule() },
-                .{ .name = "ffi", .module = translate_c.createModule() },
-            },
+            .imports = &.{.{ .name = "pyconf", .module = pyconf.createModule() }},
         });
         lib_module.addIncludePath(b.path(self.python_include_dir));
         lib.root_module.addImport("pydust", lib_module);
@@ -225,10 +220,7 @@ pub const PydustStep = struct {
         libtest.root_module.addOptions("pyconf", pyconf);
         const libtest_module = b.createModule(.{
             .root_source_file = b.path(self.pydust_source_file),
-            .imports = &.{
-                .{ .name = "pyconf", .module = pyconf.createModule() },
-                .{ .name = "ffi", .module = translate_c.createModule() },
-            },
+            .imports = &.{.{ .name = "pyconf", .module = pyconf.createModule() }},
         });
         libtest_module.addIncludePath(b.path(self.python_include_dir));
         libtest.root_module.addImport("pydust", libtest_module);
@@ -290,18 +282,6 @@ pub const PydustStep = struct {
     fn pythonOutput(self: *PydustStep, code: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
         return getPythonOutput(self.allocator, self.python_exe, code);
     }
-
-    fn addTranslateC(self: PydustStep, options: PythonModuleOptions) *std.Build.Step.TranslateC {
-        const b = self.owner;
-        const translate_c = b.addTranslateC(.{
-            .root_source_file = b.path("pydust/src/ffi.h"),
-            .target = b.resolveTargetQuery(options.target),
-            .optimize = options.optimize,
-        });
-        if (options.limited_api)
-            translate_c.defineCMacro("Py_LIMITED_API", self.hexversion);
-        return translate_c;
-    }
 };
 
 fn getLibpython(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, python_exe: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
diff --git a/pydust/src/pydust.zig b/pydust/src/pydust.zig
index 4c48b8fe..8a1a7f78 100644
--- a/pydust/src/pydust.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/pydust.zig
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ pub const ValueError = err.ValueError;
 pub const Warning = err.Warning;
 pub const WindowsError = err.WindowsError;
 pub const ZeroDivisionError = err.ZeroDivisionError;
-pub const ffi = @import("ffi");
+pub const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 pub const PyError = @import("errors.zig").PyError;
 pub const allocator: std.mem.Allocator = mem.PyMemAllocator.allocator();
 
diff --git a/pydust/src/pytypes.zig b/pydust/src/pytypes.zig
index feb09c0f..39cf7a4b 100644
--- a/pydust/src/pytypes.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/pytypes.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // https://docs.python.org/3/extending/newtypes_tutorial.html
 
 const std = @import("std");
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("pydust.zig");
 const discovery = @import("discovery.zig");
 const Attributes = @import("attributes.zig").Attributes;
diff --git a/pydust/src/trampoline.zig b/pydust/src/trampoline.zig
index 9092db07..d4ca327c 100644
--- a/pydust/src/trampoline.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/trampoline.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 /// Utilities for bouncing CPython calls into Zig functions and back again.
 const std = @import("std");
 const Type = std.builtin.Type;
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("pydust.zig");
 const State = @import("discovery.zig").State;
 const funcs = @import("functions.zig");
diff --git a/pydust/src/types/error.zig b/pydust/src/types/error.zig
index 63d136f9..c8b333da 100644
--- a/pydust/src/types/error.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/types/error.zig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("std");
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("../ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("../pydust.zig");
 const PyError = @import("../errors.zig").PyError;
 const State = @import("../discovery.zig").State;
diff --git a/pydust/src/types/module.zig b/pydust/src/types/module.zig
index c472d927..0642b38a 100644
--- a/pydust/src/types/module.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/types/module.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = @import("std").mem.Allocator;
 const mem = @import("../mem.zig");
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("../ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("../pydust.zig");
 const PyObjectMixin = @import("./obj.zig").PyObjectMixin;
 const pytypes = @import("../pytypes.zig");
diff --git a/pydust/src/types/obj.zig b/pydust/src/types/obj.zig
index 0d6fd747..b05b404d 100644
--- a/pydust/src/types/obj.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/types/obj.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 const std = @import("std");
-const ffi = @import("ffi");
+const ffi = @import("../ffi.zig").ffi;
 const py = @import("../pydust.zig");
 const PyError = @import("../errors.zig").PyError;
 const State = @import("../discovery.zig").State;