diff --git a/src/pluggy/hooks.py b/src/pluggy/hooks.py
index ddc41633..a295b49f 100644
--- a/src/pluggy/hooks.py
+++ b/src/pluggy/hooks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import inspect
 import sys
 import warnings
-from .callers import _multicall
 
 
 class HookspecMarker(object):
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ def __init__(self, name, hook_execute, specmodule_or_class=None, spec_opts=None)
         self._hookexec = hook_execute
         self.argnames = None
         self.kwargnames = None
-        self.multicall = _multicall
         self.spec = None
         if specmodule_or_class is not None:
             assert spec_opts is not None
diff --git a/src/pluggy/manager.py b/src/pluggy/manager.py
index 22dd78d6..6677a440 100644
--- a/src/pluggy/manager.py
+++ b/src/pluggy/manager.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import inspect
 import sys
 from . import _tracing
-from .callers import _Result
+from .callers import _Result, _multicall
 from .hooks import HookImpl, _HookRelay, _HookCaller, normalize_hookimpl_opts
 import warnings
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, implprefix=None):
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
         self._implprefix = implprefix
-        self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: hook.multicall(
+        self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: _multicall(
             methods,
             kwargs,
             firstresult=hook.spec.opts.get("firstresult") if hook.spec else False,