diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index d0015aa202044e..bb44722b6837d9 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def _getmembers(object, predicate, getter):
     processed = set()
     names = dir(object)
     if isclass(object):
-        mro = (object,) + getmro(object)
+        mro = getmro(object)
         # add any DynamicClassAttributes to the list of names if object is a class;
         # this may result in duplicate entries if, for example, a virtual
         # attribute with the same name as a DynamicClassAttribute exists