diff --git a/src/db/db/built-in-pymacros/pcell_declaration_helper.lym b/src/db/db/built-in-pymacros/pcell_declaration_helper.lym
index c69cbc74a..22a175075 100644
--- a/src/db/db/built-in-pymacros/pcell_declaration_helper.lym
+++ b/src/db/db/built-in-pymacros/pcell_declaration_helper.lym
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class _PCellDeclarationHelper(pya.PCellDeclaration):
     """
     default implementation
     """
-    return pya.Trans.new
+    return pya.Trans()
   
 # import the Type... constants from PCellParameterDeclaration
 for k in dir(pya.PCellParameterDeclaration):