diff --git a/high_level_layer.go b/high_level_layer.go
index 0119b16..8695ca7 100644
--- a/high_level_layer.go
+++ b/high_level_layer.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Copyright 2018 Datadog, Inc.
 package python3
 
 /*
-#cgo pkg-config: python3
+#cgo pkg-config: python-3.8-embed
 #include "Python.h"
 */
 import "C"
diff --git a/thread.go b/thread.go
index f394d1d..70667fc 100644
--- a/thread.go
+++ b/thread.go
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ func PyThreadState_Swap(tstate *PyThreadState) *PyThreadState {
 	return (*PyThreadState)(C.PyThreadState_Swap((*C.PyThreadState)(tstate)))
 }
 
-//PyEval_ReInitThreads : https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html#c.PyEval_ReInitThreads
-func PyEval_ReInitThreads() {
-	C.PyEval_ReInitThreads()
-}
-
 //PyGILState_Ensure : https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html#c.PyGILState_Ensure
 func PyGILState_Ensure() PyGILState {
 	return PyGILState(C.PyGILState_Ensure())
diff --git a/thread_test.go b/thread_test.go
index 2e78935..6ffc2ea 100644
--- a/thread_test.go
+++ b/thread_test.go
@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestThreadInitialization(t *testing.T) {
-	Py_Initialize()
-	PyEval_InitThreads()
-
-	assert.True(t, PyEval_ThreadsInitialized())
-
-	PyEval_ReInitThreads()
-}
-
 func TestGIL(t *testing.T) {
 	Py_Initialize()
 	PyEval_InitThreads()