diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index e1759f1aa6b..cd624696c02 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ def test_dealloc_warn(self):
             support.gc_collect()
         self.assertIn(r, str(cm.warning.args[0]))
 
-    @unittest.expectedFailureIf(sys.platform == "android", "TODO: RUSTPYTHON; TypeError: path should be string, bytes, os.PathLike or integer, not NoneType")
     def test_get_default_verify_paths(self):
         paths = ssl.get_default_verify_paths()
         self.assertEqual(len(paths), 6)
diff --git a/crates/host_env/src/native_certs.rs b/crates/host_env/src/native_certs.rs
index a2a35c15965..ace37e6da18 100644
--- a/crates/host_env/src/native_certs.rs
+++ b/crates/host_env/src/native_certs.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,43 @@ pub struct LoadResult {
     pub errors: Vec<String>,
 }
 
+const DEFAULT_CERT_FILES: &[&str] = &[
+    "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
+    "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt",
+    "/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem",
+    "/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem",
+    "/etc/ssl/cert.pem",
+    "/usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt",
+    "/usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem",
+];
+
+const DEFAULT_CERT_DIRS: &[&str] = &[
+    "/etc/ssl/certs",
+    "/etc/pki/tls/certs",
+    "/system/etc/security/cacerts",
+    "/usr/local/share/certs",
+];
+
+fn first_existing<'a>(candidates: &'a [&'a str], exists: impl Fn(&str) -> bool) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    candidates.iter().copied().find(|path| exists(path))
+}
+
+/// Return the host's first available OpenSSL-style certificate file and directory.
+/// Environment overrides are intentionally left to Python's `ssl` module.
+pub fn default_verify_paths() -> (String, String) {
+    if cfg!(windows) {
+        return (String::new(), String::new());
+    }
+
+    let cafile = first_existing(DEFAULT_CERT_FILES, |path| crate::fs::is_file(path))
+        .unwrap_or("/etc/ssl/cert.pem")
+        .to_owned();
+    let capath = first_existing(DEFAULT_CERT_DIRS, |path| crate::fs::is_dir(path))
+        .unwrap_or("/etc/ssl/certs")
+        .to_owned();
+    (cafile, capath)
+}
+
 pub fn load() -> LoadResult {
     let result = rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs();
     LoadResult {
@@ -20,3 +57,18 @@ pub fn load() -> LoadResult {
             .collect(),
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::first_existing;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn first_existing_path_preserves_candidate_priority() {
+        let candidates = ["missing", "first", "second"];
+        assert_eq!(
+            first_existing(&candidates, |path| path == "first" || path == "second"),
+            Some("first")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(first_existing(&candidates, |_| false), None);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
index 63af8b0ff1b..05610b85971 100644
--- a/crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
+++ b/crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
@@ -4867,34 +4867,15 @@ mod _ssl {
 
     #[pyfunction]
     fn get_default_verify_paths(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyObjectRef {
-        // Return default certificate paths as a tuple
         // Lib/ssl.py expects: (openssl_cafile_env, openssl_cafile, openssl_capath_env, openssl_capath)
-        // parts[0] = environment variable name for cafile
-        // parts[1] = default cafile path
-        // parts[2] = environment variable name for capath
-        // parts[3] = default capath path
-
-        // Common default paths for different platforms
-        // These match the first candidates that rustls-native-certs/openssl-probe checks
-        let (default_cafile, default_capath): (Option<&str>, Option<&str>) = cfg_select! {
-            // macOS primarily uses Keychain API, but provides fallback paths
-            // for compatibility and when Keychain access fails
-            target_os = "macos" => (Some("/etc/ssl/cert.pem"), Some("/etc/ssl/certs")),
-            // Linux: matches openssl-probe's first candidate (/etc/ssl/cert.pem)
-            // openssl-probe checks multiple locations at runtime, but we return
-            // OpenSSL's compile-time default
-            target_os = "linux" => (Some("/etc/ssl/cert.pem"), Some("/etc/ssl/certs")),
-            // Windows uses certificate store, not file paths
-            // Return empty strings to avoid None being passed to os.path.isfile()
-            windows => (Some(""), Some("")),
-            _ => (None, None),
-        };
+        let (default_cafile, default_capath) =
+            rustpython_host_env::native_certs::default_verify_paths();
 
         let tuple = vm.ctx.new_tuple(vec![
             vm.ctx.new_str("SSL_CERT_FILE").into(), // openssl_cafile_env
-            default_cafile.map_or_else(|| vm.ctx.none(), |s| vm.ctx.new_str(s).into()), // openssl_cafile
-            vm.ctx.new_str("SSL_CERT_DIR").into(), // openssl_capath_env
-            default_capath.map_or_else(|| vm.ctx.none(), |s| vm.ctx.new_str(s).into()), // openssl_capath
+            vm.ctx.new_str(default_cafile).into(),  // openssl_cafile
+            vm.ctx.new_str("SSL_CERT_DIR").into(),  // openssl_capath_env
+            vm.ctx.new_str(default_capath).into(),  // openssl_capath
         ]);
 
         tuple.into()