diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py
index 0717708fcce8ef..3ec2374a901794 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from test import support
 from test.support import import_helper
-import _testcapi
+
+
+_testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
 
 
 NULL = None