diff --git a/include/pybind11/pytypes.h b/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
index a2f7cec4..48b52408 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public:
     /// Return the object's current reference count
     int ref_count() const { return static_cast<int>(Py_REFCNT(derived().ptr())); }
 
-    PYBIND11_DEPRECATED("Call py::type::handle_of(h) or py::type::of(h) instead of h.get_type()")
+    // TODO PYBIND11_DEPRECATED("Call py::type::handle_of(h) or py::type::of(h) instead of h.get_type()")
     handle get_type() const;
 
 private:
@@ -1580,8 +1580,7 @@ template <typename D>
 str_attr_accessor object_api<D>::doc() const { return attr("__doc__"); }
 
 template <typename D>
-PYBIND11_DEPRECATED("Use py::type::of(h) instead of h.get_type()")
-handle object_api<D>::get_type() const { return type::handle_of(*this); }
+handle object_api<D>::get_type() const { return type::handle_of(derived()); }
 
 template <typename D>
 bool object_api<D>::rich_compare(object_api const &other, int value) const {
diff --git a/tests/test_class.cpp b/tests/test_class.cpp
index b0e3d3a4..bb9d3644 100644
--- a/tests/test_class.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_class.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(class_, m) {
         return py::type::of(ob);
     });
 
+    m.def("get_type_classic", [](py::handle h) {
+        return h.get_type();
+    });
+
     m.def("as_type", [](py::object ob) {
         auto tp = py::type(ob);
         if (py::isinstance<py::type>(ob))
diff --git a/tests/test_class.py b/tests/test_class.py
index be21f370..64f49419 100644
--- a/tests/test_class.py
+++ b/tests/test_class.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ def test_type_of_py():
     assert m.get_type_of(int) == type
 
 
+def test_type_of_classic():
+    assert m.get_type_classic(1) == int
+    assert m.get_type_classic(m.DerivedClass1()) == m.DerivedClass1
+    assert m.get_type_classic(int) == type
+
+
 def test_type_of_py_nodelete():
     # If the above test deleted the class, this will segfault
     assert m.get_type_of(m.DerivedClass1()) == m.DerivedClass1