diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c
index 53db5c577c28..de1cd075d88c 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c
@@ -3913,21 +3913,6 @@ PyArray_InitializeObjectToObjectCast(void)
 }
 
 
-static int
-PyArray_SetClearFunctions(void)
-{
-    PyArray_DTypeMeta *Object = PyArray_DTypeFromTypeNum(NPY_OBJECT);
-    NPY_DT_SLOTS(Object)->get_clear_loop = &npy_get_clear_object_strided_loop;
-    Py_DECREF(Object);  /* use borrowed */
-
-    PyArray_DTypeMeta *Void = PyArray_DTypeFromTypeNum(NPY_VOID);
-    NPY_DT_SLOTS(Void)->get_clear_loop = &npy_get_clear_void_and_legacy_user_dtype_loop;
-    Py_DECREF(Void);  /* use borrowed */
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
 NPY_NO_EXPORT int
 PyArray_InitializeCasts()
 {
@@ -3947,8 +3932,5 @@ PyArray_InitializeCasts()
     if (PyArray_InitializeDatetimeCasts() < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
-    if (PyArray_SetClearFunctions() < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c
index f2ccc2325680..79a1905a7da4 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c
@@ -949,11 +949,11 @@ PyArray_NewFromDescr_int(
             }
         }
     }
-    NPY_traverse_info_xfree(fill_zero_info);
+    NPY_traverse_info_xfree(&fill_zero_info);
     return (PyObject *)fa;
 
  fail:
-    NPY_traverse_info_xfree(fill_zero_info);
+    NPY_traverse_info_xfree(&fill_zero_info);
     Py_XDECREF(fa->mem_handler);
     Py_DECREF(fa);
     return NULL;
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.c
index cefa7d6e1b91..39b30ad3bf42 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "array_method.h"
 #include "dtypemeta.h"
-
+#include "refcount.h"
 #include "dtype_traversal.h"
 
 
@@ -124,6 +124,38 @@ npy_get_clear_object_strided_loop(
 }
 
 
+/**************** Python Object zero fill *********************/
+
+static int
+fill_zero_object_strided_loop(
+        void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context), PyArray_Descr *NPY_UNUSED(descr),
+        char *data, npy_intp size, npy_intp stride,
+        NpyAuxData *NPY_UNUSED(auxdata))
+{
+    PyObject *zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
+    while (size--) {
+        Py_INCREF(zero);
+        memcpy(data, &zero, sizeof(zero));
+        data += stride;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(zero);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+NPY_NO_EXPORT int
+npy_object_get_fill_zero_loop(void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context),
+                              PyArray_Descr *NPY_UNUSED(descr),
+                              int NPY_UNUSED(aligned),
+                              npy_intp NPY_UNUSED(fixed_stride),
+                              traverse_loop_function **out_loop,
+                              NpyAuxData **NPY_UNUSED(out_auxdata),
+                              NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags)
+{
+    *flags = NPY_METH_REQUIRES_PYAPI | NPY_METH_NO_FLOATINGPOINT_ERRORS;
+    *out_loop = &fill_zero_object_strided_loop;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /**************** Structured DType clear funcationality ***************/
 
 /*
@@ -408,7 +440,6 @@ clear_no_op(
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 NPY_NO_EXPORT int
 npy_get_clear_void_and_legacy_user_dtype_loop(
         void *traverse_context, PyArray_Descr *dtype, int aligned,
@@ -472,3 +503,41 @@ npy_get_clear_void_and_legacy_user_dtype_loop(
             dtype);
     return -1;
 }
+
+/**************** Structured DType zero fill ***************/
+
+static int
+fill_zero_void_with_objects_strided_loop(
+        void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context), PyArray_Descr *descr,
+        char *data, npy_intp size, npy_intp stride,
+        NpyAuxData *NPY_UNUSED(auxdata))
+{
+    PyObject *zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
+    while (size--) {
+        _fillobject(data, zero, descr);
+        data += stride;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(zero);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+NPY_NO_EXPORT int
+npy_void_get_fill_zero_loop(void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context),
+                            PyArray_Descr *descr,
+                            int NPY_UNUSED(aligned),
+                            npy_intp NPY_UNUSED(fixed_stride),
+                            traverse_loop_function **out_loop,
+                            NpyAuxData **NPY_UNUSED(out_auxdata),
+                            NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags)
+{
+    *flags = NPY_METH_NO_FLOATINGPOINT_ERRORS;
+    if (PyDataType_REFCHK(descr)) {
+        *flags |= NPY_METH_REQUIRES_PYAPI;
+        *out_loop = &fill_zero_void_with_objects_strided_loop;
+    }
+    else {
+        *out_loop = NULL;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.h b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.h
index f5eaa0c277f2..a9c185382561 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.h
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_traversal.h
@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ npy_get_clear_void_and_legacy_user_dtype_loop(
         traverse_loop_function **out_loop, NpyAuxData **out_traversedata,
         NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags);
 
+/* NumPy DType zero-filling implementations */
+
+NPY_NO_EXPORT int
+npy_object_get_fill_zero_loop(
+        void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context), PyArray_Descr *NPY_UNUSED(descr),
+        int NPY_UNUSED(aligned), npy_intp NPY_UNUSED(fixed_stride),
+        traverse_loop_function **out_loop, NpyAuxData **NPY_UNUSED(out_auxdata),
+        NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags);
+
+NPY_NO_EXPORT int
+npy_void_get_fill_zero_loop(
+        void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context), PyArray_Descr *descr,
+        int NPY_UNUSED(aligned), npy_intp NPY_UNUSED(fixed_stride),
+        traverse_loop_function **out_loop, NpyAuxData **NPY_UNUSED(out_auxdata),
+        NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags);
+
 
 /* Helper to deal with calling or nesting simple strided loops */
 
@@ -80,4 +96,4 @@ PyArray_GetClearFunction(
         NPY_traverse_info *clear_info, NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags);
 
 
-#endif  /* NUMPY_CORE_SRC_MULTIARRAY_DTYPE_TRAVERSAL_H_ */
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif  /* NUMPY_CORE_SRC_MULTIARRAY_DTYPE_TRAVERSAL_H_ */
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtypemeta.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtypemeta.c
index eb38ec7e387e..f8c1b661700a 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtypemeta.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtypemeta.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "conversion_utils.h"
 #include "templ_common.h"
 #include "refcount.h"
+#include "dtype_traversal.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
 
@@ -525,41 +526,6 @@ void_common_instance(PyArray_Descr *descr1, PyArray_Descr *descr2)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static int
-fill_zero_void_with_objects_strided_loop(
-        void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context), PyArray_Descr *descr,
-        char *data, npy_intp size, npy_intp stride,
-        NpyAuxData *NPY_UNUSED(auxdata))
-{
-    PyObject *zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
-    while (size--) {
-        _fillobject(data, zero, descr);
-        data += stride;
-    }
-    Py_DECREF(zero);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-static int
-void_get_fill_zero_loop(void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context),
-                        PyArray_Descr *descr,
-                        int NPY_UNUSED(aligned),
-                        npy_intp NPY_UNUSED(fixed_stride),
-                        traverse_loop_function **out_loop,
-                        NpyAuxData **NPY_UNUSED(out_auxdata),
-                        NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags)
-{
-    *flags = NPY_METH_NO_FLOATINGPOINT_ERRORS;
-    if (PyDataType_REFCHK(descr)) {
-        *flags |= NPY_METH_REQUIRES_PYAPI;
-        *out_loop = &fill_zero_void_with_objects_strided_loop;
-    }
-    else {
-        *out_loop = NULL;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
 
 NPY_NO_EXPORT int
 python_builtins_are_known_scalar_types(
@@ -735,35 +701,6 @@ object_common_dtype(
     return cls;
 }
 
-static int
-fill_zero_object_strided_loop(
-        void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context), PyArray_Descr *NPY_UNUSED(descr),
-        char *data, npy_intp size, npy_intp stride,
-        NpyAuxData *NPY_UNUSED(auxdata))
-{
-    PyObject *zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
-    while (size--) {
-        Py_INCREF(zero);
-        memcpy(data, &zero, sizeof(zero));
-    }
-    Py_DECREF(zero);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-static int
-object_get_fill_zero_loop(void *NPY_UNUSED(traverse_context),
-                          PyArray_Descr *NPY_UNUSED(descr),
-                          int NPY_UNUSED(aligned),
-                          npy_intp NPY_UNUSED(fixed_stride),
-                          traverse_loop_function **out_loop,
-                          NpyAuxData **NPY_UNUSED(out_auxdata),
-                          NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS *flags)
-{
-    *flags = NPY_METH_REQUIRES_PYAPI|NPY_METH_NO_FLOATINGPOINT_ERRORS;
-    *out_loop = &fill_zero_object_strided_loop;
-    return 0;
-}
 
 /**
  * This function takes a PyArray_Descr and replaces its base class with
@@ -933,7 +870,8 @@ dtypemeta_wrap_legacy_descriptor(PyArray_Descr *descr)
     }
     else if (descr->type_num == NPY_OBJECT) {
         dt_slots->common_dtype = object_common_dtype;
-        dt_slots->get_fill_zero_loop = object_get_fill_zero_loop;
+        dt_slots->get_fill_zero_loop = npy_object_get_fill_zero_loop;
+        dt_slots->get_clear_loop = npy_get_clear_object_strided_loop;
     }
     else if (PyTypeNum_ISDATETIME(descr->type_num)) {
         /* Datetimes are flexible, but were not considered previously */
@@ -955,7 +893,9 @@ dtypemeta_wrap_legacy_descriptor(PyArray_Descr *descr)
                     void_discover_descr_from_pyobject);
             dt_slots->common_instance = void_common_instance;
             dt_slots->ensure_canonical = void_ensure_canonical;
-            dt_slots->get_fill_zero_loop = void_get_fill_zero_loop;
+            dt_slots->get_fill_zero_loop = npy_void_get_fill_zero_loop;
+            dt_slots->get_clear_loop =
+                    npy_get_clear_void_and_legacy_user_dtype_loop;
         }
         else {
             dt_slots->default_descr = string_and_unicode_default_descr;