diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index a51764b9297363..609a8a9af0fafe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import unittest
 import unittest.mock as mock
 import zipfile
+import zipfile.__main__ as zipfile_main
 
 
 from tempfile import TemporaryFile
@@ -3184,16 +3185,16 @@ def test_cli_with_metadata_encoding(self):
         args = ["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-c", "nonesuch", "nonesuch"]
         with captured_stdout() as stdout:
             with captured_stderr() as stderr:
-                self.assertRaises(SystemExit, zipfile.main, args)
+                self.assertRaises(SystemExit, zipfile_main.main, args)
         self.assertEqual(stdout.getvalue(), "")
         self.assertIn(errmsg, stderr.getvalue())
 
         with captured_stdout() as stdout:
-            zipfile.main(["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-t", TESTFN])
+            zipfile_main.main(["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-t", TESTFN])
         listing = stdout.getvalue()
 
         with captured_stdout() as stdout:
-            zipfile.main(["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-l", TESTFN])
+            zipfile_main.main(["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-l", TESTFN])
         listing = stdout.getvalue()
         for name in self.file_names:
             self.assertIn(name, listing)
@@ -3211,7 +3212,7 @@ def test_cli_with_metadata_encoding_extract(self):
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 self.skipTest(f'cannot encode file name {fn!r}')
 
-        zipfile.main(["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-e", TESTFN, TESTFN2])
+        zipfile_main.main(["--metadata-encoding=shift_jis", "-e", TESTFN, TESTFN2])
         listing = os.listdir(TESTFN2)
         for name in self.file_names:
             self.assertIn(name, listing)
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index 2b28a079dbaa95..e1e7d86afbae58 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -2233,6 +2233,3 @@ def _compile(file, optimize=-1):
     # used privately for tests
     CompleteDirs,  # noqa: F401
 )
-
-# used privately for tests
-from .__main__ import main  # noqa: F401, E402