diff --git a/news/fix_win.rst b/news/fix_win.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f74cd809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/fix_win.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Removed `restore_stdout` function and wrapper.
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed `SystemError` and `MemoryError` for `redirect_stdout` on Windows with Python 3.13.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/pdffit2/output.py b/src/diffpy/pdffit2/output.py
index 9fc55eea..f24c28e9 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/pdffit2/output.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/pdffit2/output.py
@@ -39,13 +39,4 @@ def redirect_stdout(dst):
     return
 
 
-def restore_stdout():
-    """Restore the standard output."""
-    from diffpy.pdffit2.pdffit2 import restore_stdout
-
-    restore_stdout()
-    global stdout
-    return
-
-
 #  End of file
diff --git a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/PyFileStreambuf.h b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/PyFileStreambuf.h
index 3a2bc383..cc8588bc 100644
--- a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/PyFileStreambuf.h
+++ b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/PyFileStreambuf.h
@@ -67,16 +67,21 @@ class PyFileStreambuf : public std::streambuf
 
         virtual int_type overflow( int_type c)
         {
-            PyObject* rv;
-            rv = PyObject_CallMethod(py_file, "write", "(s#)", &c, 1);
+            char ch = static_cast<char>(c);
+            PyObject* py_str = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(&ch, 1);
+            if (!py_str) { return traits_type::eof(); }
+            PyObject* rv = PyObject_CallMethod(py_file, "write", "O", py_str);
+            Py_DECREF(py_str);
             if (rv)  { Py_DECREF(rv); }
             return c;
         }
 
         virtual std::streamsize xsputn(const char_type* s, std::streamsize n)
         {
-            PyObject* rv;
-            rv = PyObject_CallMethod(py_file, "write", "(s#)", s, n);
+            PyObject* py_str = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(s, n, "replace");
+            if (!py_str) { return 0; }
+            PyObject* rv = PyObject_CallMethod(py_file, "write", "O", py_str);
+            Py_DECREF(py_str);
             if (rv)  { Py_DECREF(rv); }
             return n;
         }
diff --git a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/bindings.cc b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/bindings.cc
index 3a542aed..568e1dd1 100644
--- a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/bindings.cc
+++ b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/bindings.cc
@@ -330,10 +330,6 @@ struct PyMethodDef pypdffit2_methods[] = {
     {pypdffit2_redirect_stdout__name__, pypdffit2_redirect_stdout,
      METH_VARARGS, pypdffit2_redirect_stdout__doc__},
 
-    //restore_stdout
-    {pypdffit2_restore_stdout__name__, pypdffit2_restore_stdout,
-     METH_VARARGS, pypdffit2_restore_stdout__doc__},
-
     //is_element
     {pypdffit2_is_element__name__, pypdffit2_is_element,
      METH_VARARGS, pypdffit2_is_element__doc__},
diff --git a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.cc b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.cc
index 20547a23..f3f22a21 100644
--- a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.cc
+++ b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.cc
@@ -2176,15 +2176,14 @@ char pypdffit2_redirect_stdout__name__[] = "redirect_stdout";
 PyObject * pypdffit2_redirect_stdout(PyObject *, PyObject *args)
 {
     // instance of PyFileStreambuf which takes care of redirection
-    PyObject *py_file = 0;
-    int ok = PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_file);
-    if (!ok) return 0;
+    PyObject *py_file = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_file)) return nullptr;
     // check if py_file has write and flush attributes
     if ( !PyObject_HasAttrString(py_file, "write") ||
 	 !PyObject_HasAttrString(py_file, "flush") )
     {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "expected file-like argument");
-        return 0;
+        return nullptr;
     }
     // create py_stdout_streambuf if necessary
     if (!py_stdout_streambuf)
@@ -2195,38 +2194,8 @@ PyObject * pypdffit2_redirect_stdout(PyObject *, PyObject *args)
     // on first redirection we need to assign new ostream to NS_PDFFIT2::pout
     if (NS_PDFFIT2::pout == &std::cout)
     {
-	NS_PDFFIT2::pout = new ostream(py_stdout_streambuf);
-    }
-    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-    return Py_None;
-}
-
-// restore_stdout
-char pypdffit2_restore_stdout__doc__[] =
-    "Restore engine output to the default stream (std::cout).";
-char pypdffit2_restore_stdout__name__[] =
-    "restore_stdout";
-
-PyObject * pypdffit2_restore_stdout(PyObject *, PyObject *args)
-{
-    // no arguments.
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
-        return 0;
-
-    // If the global output stream pointer is not std::cout, then delete the custom stream.
-    if (NS_PDFFIT2::pout != &std::cout)
-    {
-        delete NS_PDFFIT2::pout;
-        NS_PDFFIT2::pout = &std::cout;
+	NS_PDFFIT2::pout = new std::ostream(py_stdout_streambuf);
     }
-
-    // Clean up the custom stream buffer
-    if (py_stdout_streambuf)
-    {
-        delete py_stdout_streambuf;
-        py_stdout_streambuf = nullptr;
-    }
-
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;
 }
diff --git a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.h b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.h
index 2ccec0fa..3374fa5f 100644
--- a/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.h
+++ b/src/extensions/pdffit2module/misc.h
@@ -477,11 +477,6 @@ extern char pypdffit2_redirect_stdout__name__[];
 extern "C"
 PyObject * pypdffit2_redirect_stdout(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
-// restore_stdout
-extern char pypdffit2_restore_stdout__doc__[];
-extern char pypdffit2_restore_stdout__name__[];
-extern "C"
-PyObject * pypdffit2_restore_stdout(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
 // is_element
 extern char pypdffit2_is_element__doc__[];
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2192452a..6a142536 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def _capture(f, *args, **kwargs):
             f(*args, **kwargs)
         finally:
             diffpy.pdffit2.redirect_stdout(savestdout)
-            diffpy.pdffit2.output.restore_stdout()
         return fp.getvalue()
 
     return _capture