diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index effa554bfe8469..dd5190d63ec579 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -2177,16 +2177,6 @@ Changes in the Python API
   returned by :meth:`zipfile.ZipFile.open` was changed from ``'r'`` to ``'rb'``.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`115961`.)
 
-* Callbacks registered in the :mod:`tkinter` module now take arguments as
-  various Python objects (``int``, ``float``, ``bytes``, ``tuple``),
-  not just ``str``.
-  To restore the previous behavior set :mod:`!tkinter` module global
-  :data:`!wantobject` to ``1`` before creating the
-  :class:`!Tk` object or call the :meth:`!wantobject`
-  method of the :class:`!Tk` object with argument ``1``.
-  Calling it with argument ``2`` restores the current default behavior.
-  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`66410`.)
-
 
 Changes in the C API
 --------------------
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index f03da0ff5f98ec..5352276e874bf5 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 from tkinter.constants import *
 import re
 
-wantobjects = 2
+wantobjects = 1
 _debug = False  # set to True to print executed Tcl/Tk commands
 
 TkVersion = float(_tkinter.TK_VERSION)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.13.0b1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.13.0b1.rst
index 8d49ff06efd07b..c3bfcc83f2ae7c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.13.0b1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.13.0b1.rst
@@ -1346,13 +1346,13 @@ urllib.
 .. nonce: du4UKW
 .. section: Library
 
-Callbacks registered in the :mod:`tkinter` module now take arguments as
-various Python objects (``int``, ``float``, ``bytes``, ``tuple``), not just
-``str``. To restore the previous behavior set :mod:`!tkinter` module global
-:data:`~tkinter.wantobject` to ``1`` before creating the
-:class:`~tkinter.Tk` object or call the :meth:`~tkinter.Tk.wantobject`
-method of the :class:`!Tk` object with argument ``1``. Calling it with
-argument ``2`` restores the current default behavior.
+Setting the :mod:`!tkinter` module global :data:`~tkinter.wantobject` to ``2``
+before creating the :class:`~tkinter.Tk` object or call the
+:meth:`~tkinter.Tk.wantobject` method of the :class:`!Tk` object with argument
+``2`` makes now arguments to callbacks registered in the :mod:`tkinter` module
+to be passed as various Python objects (``int``, ``float``, ``bytes``, ``tuple``),
+depending on their internal represenation in Tcl, instead of always ``str``.
+:data:`!tkinter.wantobject` is now set to ``2`` by default.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-08-21-30-33.gh-issue-118760.XvyMHn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-08-21-30-33.gh-issue-118760.XvyMHn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0e2712c26b1c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-08-21-30-33.gh-issue-118760.XvyMHn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Restore the default value of ``tkiter.wantobjects`` to ``1``.