diff --git a/newsfragments/2407.feature.rst b/newsfragments/2407.feature.rst
index be176d35de..a36ff69173 100644
--- a/newsfragments/2407.feature.rst
+++ b/newsfragments/2407.feature.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Added the ``trio.__main__`` module. This module runs a modifed Python REPL that
+Added the ``trio.__main__`` module. This module runs a modified Python REPL that
 supports directly awaiting Trio-based awaitables. It can be invoked by running
 ``python -m trio`` at the command line.
 
diff --git a/trio/__main__.py b/trio/__main__.py
index ce372c5d14..2804018c1b 100644
--- a/trio/__main__.py
+++ b/trio/__main__.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async def main(repl_locals):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     with contextlib.suppress(ModuleNotFoundError):
-        import readline
+        pass
 
     repl_locals = {"trio": trio}
     for key in {