diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
index 7ca0f6927fe4a1..28d18739b6d4a5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 import os
 
 import _opcode
-import _testinternalcapi
 
-from test.support import script_helper, requires_specialization
+from test.support import script_helper, requires_specialization, import_helper
+
+_testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testinternalcapi")
 
 from _testinternalcapi import TIER2_THRESHOLD