diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 14e3766a34377b..162930f9941cca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def has_no_debug_ranges():
     try:
         import _testinternalcapi
     except ImportError:
-        raise unittest.SkipTest("_testinternalcapi required")
+        return unittest.skip("_testinternalcapi required")
     config = _testinternalcapi.get_config()
     return not bool(config['code_debug_ranges'])
 
@@ -1704,7 +1704,10 @@ def run_in_subinterp(code):
     module is enabled.
     """
     _check_tracemalloc()
-    import _testcapi
+    try:
+        import _testcapi
+    except ImportError:
+        raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
     return _testcapi.run_in_subinterp(code)
 
 
@@ -1714,7 +1717,10 @@ def run_in_subinterp_with_config(code, *, own_gil=None, **config):
     module is enabled.
     """
     _check_tracemalloc()
-    import _testinternalcapi
+    try:
+        import _testinternalcapi
+    except ImportError:
+        raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testinternalcapi")
     if own_gil is not None:
         assert 'gil' not in config, (own_gil, config)
         config['gil'] = 2 if own_gil else 1
@@ -1876,12 +1882,18 @@ def restore(self):
 
 
 def with_pymalloc():
-    import _testcapi
+    try:
+        import _testcapi
+    except ImportError:
+        raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
     return _testcapi.WITH_PYMALLOC and not Py_GIL_DISABLED
 
 
 def with_mimalloc():
-    import _testcapi
+    try:
+        import _testcapi
+    except ImportError:
+        raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
     return _testcapi.WITH_MIMALLOC
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/bytecode_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/bytecode_helper.py
index a4845065a5322e..32d4ec06609177 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/bytecode_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/bytecode_helper.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import unittest
 import dis
 import io
-from _testinternalcapi import compiler_codegen, optimize_cfg, assemble_code_object
+from test.support import import_helper
 
 _UNSPECIFIED = object()
 
@@ -136,20 +136,23 @@ def complete_insts_info(self, insts):
 class CodegenTestCase(CompilationStepTestCase):
 
     def generate_code(self, ast):
-        insts, _ = compiler_codegen(ast, "my_file.py", 0)
+        _testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testinternalcapi")
+        insts, _ = _testinternalcapi.compiler_codegen(ast, "my_file.py", 0)
         return insts
 
 
 class CfgOptimizationTestCase(CompilationStepTestCase):
 
     def get_optimized(self, insts, consts, nlocals=0):
+        _testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testinternalcapi")
         insts = self.normalize_insts(insts)
         insts = self.complete_insts_info(insts)
-        insts = optimize_cfg(insts, consts, nlocals)
+        insts = _testinternalcapi.optimize_cfg(insts, consts, nlocals)
         return insts, consts
 
 class AssemblerTestCase(CompilationStepTestCase):
 
     def get_code_object(self, filename, insts, metadata):
-        co = assemble_code_object(filename, insts, metadata)
+        _testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testinternalcapi")
+        co = _testinternalcapi.assemble_code_object(filename, insts, metadata)
         return co
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
index 3d804f2b590108..29c6f535b40342 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
@@ -268,6 +268,18 @@ def modules_cleanup(oldmodules):
     sys.modules.update(oldmodules)
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def isolated_modules():
+    """
+    Save modules on entry and cleanup on exit.
+    """
+    (saved,) = modules_setup()
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        modules_cleanup(saved)
+
+
 def mock_register_at_fork(func):
     # bpo-30599: Mock os.register_at_fork() when importing the random module,
     # since this function doesn't allow to unregister callbacks and would leak
diff --git a/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py b/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
index a76e4d0ade5b8a..e779bb9cffc3ea 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 import threading
 import unittest
 
-import _testinternalcapi
 from test import support
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import os_helper
 from test.support import script_helper
 
 
+_testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testinternalcapi')
 interpreters = import_helper.import_module('_xxsubinterpreters')
 from _xxsubinterpreters import InterpreterNotFoundError
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_audit.py b/Lib/test/test_audit.py
index cd0a4e2264865d..5dc9cf25047f86 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_audit.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_audit.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def test_excepthook(self):
         )
 
     def test_unraisablehook(self):
+        import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         returncode, events, stderr = self.run_python("test_unraisablehook")
         if returncode:
             self.fail(stderr)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_call.py b/Lib/test/test_call.py
index 2a6a5d287b04ee..8f156f3d29e682 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_call.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_call.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 from test.support import (cpython_only, is_wasi, requires_limited_api, Py_DEBUG,
-                          set_recursion_limit, skip_on_s390x)
+                          set_recursion_limit, skip_on_s390x, import_helper)
 try:
     import _testcapi
 except ImportError:
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ def test_module_not_callable_suggestion(self):
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, mod)
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
 class TestCallingConventions(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test calling using various C calling conventions (METH_*) from Python
 
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ def static_method():
 
 NULL_OR_EMPTY = object()
 
+
 class FastCallTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test calling using various callables from C
     """
@@ -480,42 +482,46 @@ class FastCallTests(unittest.TestCase):
     ]
 
     # Add all the calling conventions and variants of C callables
-    _instance = _testcapi.MethInstance()
-    for obj, expected_self in (
-        (_testcapi, _testcapi),  # module-level function
-        (_instance, _instance),  # bound method
-        (_testcapi.MethClass, _testcapi.MethClass),  # class method on class
-        (_testcapi.MethClass(), _testcapi.MethClass),  # class method on inst.
-        (_testcapi.MethStatic, None),  # static method
-    ):
-        CALLS_POSARGS.extend([
-            (obj.meth_varargs, (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2))),
-            (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
-                (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall, (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2))),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall, (), (expected_self, ())),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
-                (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
-                (), (expected_self, (), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
-            (obj.meth_noargs, (), expected_self),
-            (obj.meth_o, (123, ), (expected_self, 123)),
-        ])
-
-        CALLS_KWARGS.extend([
-            (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
-                (1, 2), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (1, 2), {'x': 'y'})),
-            (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
-                (), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (), {'x': 'y'})),
-            (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
-                (1, 2), {}, (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
-                (1, 2), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (1, 2), {'x': 'y'})),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
-                (), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (), {'x': 'y'})),
-            (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
-                (1, 2), {}, (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
-        ])
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        if _testcapi is None:
+            return
+        _instance = _testcapi.MethInstance()
+        for obj, expected_self in (
+            (_testcapi, _testcapi),  # module-level function
+            (_instance, _instance),  # bound method
+            (_testcapi.MethClass, _testcapi.MethClass),  # class method on class
+            (_testcapi.MethClass(), _testcapi.MethClass),  # class method on inst.
+            (_testcapi.MethStatic, None),  # static method
+        ):
+            cls.CALLS_POSARGS.extend([
+                (obj.meth_varargs, (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2))),
+                (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
+                    (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall, (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2))),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall, (), (expected_self, ())),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
+                    (1, 2), (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
+                    (), (expected_self, (), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
+                (obj.meth_noargs, (), expected_self),
+                (obj.meth_o, (123, ), (expected_self, 123)),
+            ])
+
+            cls.CALLS_KWARGS.extend([
+                (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
+                    (1, 2), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (1, 2), {'x': 'y'})),
+                (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
+                    (), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (), {'x': 'y'})),
+                (obj.meth_varargs_keywords,
+                    (1, 2), {}, (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
+                    (1, 2), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (1, 2), {'x': 'y'})),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
+                    (), {'x': 'y'}, (expected_self, (), {'x': 'y'})),
+                (obj.meth_fastcall_keywords,
+                    (1, 2), {}, (expected_self, (1, 2), NULL_OR_EMPTY)),
+            ])
 
     def check_result(self, result, expected):
         if isinstance(expected, tuple) and expected[-1] is NULL_OR_EMPTY:
@@ -523,6 +529,7 @@ def check_result(self, result, expected):
                 expected = (*expected[:-1], result[-1])
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_vectorcall_dict(self):
         # Test PyObject_VectorcallDict()
 
@@ -542,6 +549,7 @@ def test_vectorcall_dict(self):
                 result = _testcapi.pyobject_fastcalldict(func, args, kwargs)
                 self.check_result(result, expected)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_vectorcall(self):
         # Test PyObject_Vectorcall()
 
@@ -606,6 +614,7 @@ def testfunction_kw(self, *, kw):
 ADAPTIVE_WARMUP_DELAY = 2
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
 class TestPEP590(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_method_descriptor_flag(self):
@@ -1018,6 +1027,7 @@ class TestRecursion(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @skip_on_s390x
     @unittest.skipIf(is_wasi and Py_DEBUG, "requires deep stack")
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_super_deep(self):
 
         def recurse(n):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py
index cca6145bc90c04..f9af80dea57377 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_dict.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict, UserDict
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from test import support
-import _testcapi
+_testcapi = support.import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
 
 
 NULL = None
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
index b0859a382de523..cc7ac5d4f1b6b0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import gc
 import os
 
-import _testinternalcapi
-
 from test.support import script_helper, requires_specialization
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
+_testinternalcapi = import_module("_testinternalcapi")
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_code.py b/Lib/test/test_code.py
index 46bebfc7af675b..ecd1e82a6dbef9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_code.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code.py
@@ -143,9 +143,8 @@
                           check_impl_detail, requires_debug_ranges,
                           gc_collect)
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
-from test.support import threading_helper
-from test.support.bytecode_helper import (BytecodeTestCase,
-                                          instructions_with_positions)
+from test.support import threading_helper, import_helper
+from test.support.bytecode_helper import instructions_with_positions
 from opcode import opmap, opname
 COPY_FREE_VARS = opmap['COPY_FREE_VARS']
 
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ class CodeTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_newempty(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         co = _testcapi.code_newempty("filename", "funcname", 15)
         self.assertEqual(co.co_filename, "filename")
         self.assertEqual(co.co_name, "funcname")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
index d848bfbd46c83b..f705f4f5bfbd88 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import warnings_helper
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
+try:
+    import _testcapi
+except ImportError:
+    _testcapi = None
 
 
 class AsyncYieldFrom:
@@ -2445,6 +2449,7 @@ def test_unawaited_warning_during_shutdown(self):
 
 
 @support.cpython_only
+@unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
 class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_tp_await_1(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_as_parameter.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_as_parameter.py
index ca75e748256083..cc62b1a22a3b06 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_as_parameter.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_as_parameter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (Structure, CDLL, CFUNCTYPE,
@@ -6,6 +5,8 @@
                     c_short, c_int, c_long, c_longlong,
                     c_byte, c_wchar, c_float, c_double,
                     ArgumentError)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 dll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_bitfields.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_bitfields.py
index d43c56ad371fbd..0332544b5827e6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_bitfields.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_bitfields.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import os
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL, Structure, sizeof, POINTER, byref, alignment,
@@ -7,6 +6,8 @@
                     c_uint32, c_uint64,
                     c_short, c_ushort, c_int, c_uint, c_long, c_ulong, c_longlong, c_ulonglong)
 from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class BITS(Structure):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_callbacks.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_callbacks.py
index 64f92ffdca6a3f..72b3d019f4d525 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_callbacks.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_callbacks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import functools
 import gc
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@
                     c_float, c_double, c_longdouble, py_object)
 from ctypes.util import find_library
 from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class Callbacks(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_cfuncs.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_cfuncs.py
index 6ff0878a35da2f..48330c4b0a763b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_cfuncs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_cfuncs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL,
@@ -6,6 +5,8 @@
                     c_short, c_ushort, c_int, c_uint,
                     c_long, c_ulong, c_longlong, c_ulonglong,
                     c_float, c_double, c_longdouble)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class CFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_checkretval.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_checkretval.py
index 5dc9e25aa38226..9d6bfdb845e6c7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_checkretval.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_checkretval.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import unittest
 from ctypes import CDLL, c_int
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class CHECKED(c_int):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py
index 0eed39484fb39e..f0ee3ae38e4f57 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL, Structure, CFUNCTYPE, sizeof, _CFuncPtr,
                     c_void_p, c_char_p, c_char, c_int, c_uint, c_long)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 from ._support import (_CData, PyCFuncPtrType, Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION,
                        Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_functions.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_functions.py
index 04e8582ff1e427..63e393f7b7cb6a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_functions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_functions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import sys
 import unittest
@@ -7,6 +6,8 @@
                     c_char, c_wchar, c_byte, c_char_p, c_wchar_p,
                     c_short, c_int, c_long, c_longlong, c_void_p,
                     c_float, c_double, c_longdouble)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 from _ctypes import _Pointer,  _SimpleCData
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_libc.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_libc.py
index 09c76db0bd0b17..7716100b08f78e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_libc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_libc.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import math
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL, CFUNCTYPE, POINTER, create_string_buffer, sizeof,
                     c_void_p, c_char, c_int, c_double, c_size_t)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 lib = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_loading.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_loading.py
index b218e9e7720c79..b25e81b65cf103 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_loading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_loading.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import _ctypes
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 from ctypes import CDLL, cdll, addressof, c_void_p, c_char_p
 from ctypes.util import find_library
 from test.support import import_helper, os_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 libc_name = None
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_parameters.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_parameters.py
index d1eeee6b0306fe..effb8db418f790 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_parameters.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_parameters.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import unittest
 import test.support
 from ctypes import (CDLL, PyDLL, ArgumentError,
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@
                     c_long, c_ulong,
                     c_longlong, c_ulonglong,
                     c_float, c_double, c_longdouble)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class SimpleTypesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pickling.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pickling.py
index 0ca42a68f0675f..9d433fc69de391 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pickling.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pickling.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import pickle
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL, Structure, CFUNCTYPE, pointer,
                     c_void_p, c_char_p, c_wchar_p,
                     c_char, c_wchar, c_int, c_double)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 dll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pointers.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pointers.py
index 8cf2114c282cab..fa232a0641aca6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pointers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_pointers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import array
 import ctypes
 import sys
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@
                     c_byte, c_ubyte, c_short, c_ushort, c_int, c_uint,
                     c_long, c_ulong, c_longlong, c_ulonglong,
                     c_float, c_double)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 from ._support import (_CData, PyCPointerType, Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION,
                        Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_prototypes.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_prototypes.py
index 81eb4562c740fd..63ae799ea86ab2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_prototypes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_prototypes.py
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 #
 # In this case, there would have to be an additional reference to the argument...
 
-import _ctypes_test
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL, CFUNCTYPE, POINTER, ArgumentError,
                     pointer, byref, sizeof, addressof, create_string_buffer,
                     c_void_p, c_char_p, c_wchar_p, c_char, c_wchar,
                     c_short, c_int, c_long, c_longlong, c_double)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 testdll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_refcounts.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_refcounts.py
index a90588ca9bb1b6..e6427d4a295b15 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_refcounts.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_refcounts.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import gc
 import sys
 import unittest
 from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 MyCallback = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_int)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_returnfuncptrs.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_returnfuncptrs.py
index 4010e511e75ade..337801b226ab06 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_returnfuncptrs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_returnfuncptrs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import unittest
 from ctypes import CDLL, CFUNCTYPE, ArgumentError, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_char
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class ReturnFuncPtrTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_slicing.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_slicing.py
index a592d911cbe6ca..66f9e530104cac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_slicing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_slicing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import unittest
 from ctypes import (CDLL, POINTER, sizeof,
                     c_byte, c_short, c_int, c_long, c_char, c_wchar, c_char_p)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class SlicesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_stringptr.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_stringptr.py
index 67c61c6c3e17e6..bb6045b250ffce 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_stringptr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_stringptr.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import sys
 import unittest
 from test import support
 from ctypes import (CDLL, Structure, POINTER, create_string_buffer,
                     c_char, c_char_p)
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 lib = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_structures.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_structures.py
index 98bc4bdcac9306..75090c4ff46cae 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_structures.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_structures.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 from platform import architecture as _architecture
 import struct
 import sys
@@ -12,6 +11,8 @@
 from struct import calcsize
 from collections import namedtuple
 from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 from ._support import (_CData, PyCStructType, Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION,
                        Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_unicode.py
index 2ddc7c56544e35..d9e17371d13572 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_unicode.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import unittest
+from test.support import import_helper
+_ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
 
 
 class UnicodeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_values.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_values.py
index d0b4803dff8529..1b757e020d5ce2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_values.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_values.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 A testcase which accesses *values* in a dll.
 """
 
-import _ctypes_test
 import _imp
 import importlib.util
 import sys
@@ -15,10 +14,14 @@
 
 class ValuesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        _ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
+        self.ctdll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
+
     def test_an_integer(self):
         # This test checks and changes an integer stored inside the
         # _ctypes_test dll/shared lib.
-        ctdll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
+        ctdll = self.ctdll
         an_integer = c_int.in_dll(ctdll, "an_integer")
         x = an_integer.value
         self.assertEqual(x, ctdll.get_an_integer())
@@ -30,8 +33,7 @@ def test_an_integer(self):
         self.assertEqual(x, ctdll.get_an_integer())
 
     def test_undefined(self):
-        ctdll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, c_int.in_dll, ctdll, "Undefined_Symbol")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, c_int.in_dll, self.ctdll, "Undefined_Symbol")
 
 
 class PythonValuesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_win32.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_win32.py
index 4aaecd8d38f98f..31919118670613 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_win32.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_win32.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Windows specific tests
 
-import _ctypes_test
 import ctypes
 import errno
 import sys
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@
                     _pointer_type_cache,
                     c_void_p, c_char, c_int, c_long)
 from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
 from ._support import Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION, Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE
 
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def test_noargs(self):
 @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == "win32", 'Windows-specific test')
 class ReturnStructSizesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_sizes(self):
+        _ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
         dll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
         for i in range(1, 11):
             fields = [ (f"f{f}", c_char) for f in range(1, i + 1)]
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ class RECT(Structure):
                         ("right", c_long),
                         ("bottom", c_long)]
 
+        _ctypes_test = import_helper.import_module("_ctypes_test")
         dll = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
 
         pt = POINT(15, 25)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index 55d3acf448540a..9d11a0fc078d08 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 if not support.has_subprocess_support:
     raise unittest.SkipTest("test module requires subprocess")
 
+
+try:
+    import _testinternalcapi
+except ImportError:
+    _testinternalcapi = None
+
+
 MACOS = (sys.platform == 'darwin')
 PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_NOT_SET = 0
 PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG = 2
@@ -396,6 +403,8 @@ def test_ucnhash_capi_reset(self):
         out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_repeated_init_exec", code)
         self.assertEqual(out, '9\n' * INIT_LOOPS)
 
+
+@unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, "requires _testinternalcapi")
 class InitConfigTests(EmbeddingTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
     maxDiff = 4096
     UTF8_MODE_ERRORS = ('surrogatepass' if MS_WINDOWS else 'surrogateescape')
@@ -1586,7 +1595,6 @@ def test_global_pathconfig(self):
         # The global path configuration (_Py_path_config) must be a copy
         # of the path configuration of PyInterpreter.config (PyConfig).
         ctypes = import_helper.import_module('ctypes')
-        _testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testinternalcapi')
 
         def get_func(name):
             func = getattr(ctypes.pythonapi, name)
@@ -1782,6 +1790,7 @@ def test_unicode_id_init(self):
     # See bpo-44133
     @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt',
                      'Py_FrozenMain is not exported on Windows')
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, "requires _testinternalcapi")
     def test_frozenmain(self):
         env = dict(os.environ)
         env['PYTHONUNBUFFERED'] = '1'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index c5eff8ad8ccca1..6ad6acc61563e5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 from test import support
 
 try:
+    import _testcapi
     from _testcapi import INT_MAX
 except ImportError:
+    _testcapi = None
     INT_MAX = 2**31 - 1
 
 
-
 class NaiveException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, x):
         self.x = x
@@ -345,8 +346,8 @@ def __init__(self_):
         class InvalidException:
             pass
 
+        @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
         def test_capi1():
-            import _testcapi
             try:
                 _testcapi.raise_exception(BadException, 1)
             except TypeError as err:
@@ -356,8 +357,8 @@ def test_capi1():
             else:
                 self.fail("Expected exception")
 
+        @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
         def test_capi2():
-            import _testcapi
             try:
                 _testcapi.raise_exception(BadException, 0)
             except RuntimeError as err:
@@ -370,8 +371,8 @@ def test_capi2():
             else:
                 self.fail("Expected exception")
 
+        @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
         def test_capi3():
-            import _testcapi
             self.assertRaises(SystemError, _testcapi.raise_exception,
                               InvalidException, 1)
 
@@ -1381,6 +1382,7 @@ def foo():
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_recursion_normalizing_exception(self):
+        import_module("_testinternalcapi")
         # Issue #22898.
         # Test that a RecursionError is raised when tstate->recursion_depth is
         # equal to recursion_limit in PyErr_NormalizeException() and check
@@ -1435,6 +1437,7 @@ def gen():
         self.assertIn(b'Done.', out)
 
     @cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_recursion_normalizing_infinite_exception(self):
         # Issue #30697. Test that a RecursionError is raised when
         # maximum recursion depth has been exceeded when creating
@@ -1503,6 +1506,7 @@ def recurse_in_body_and_except():
     # Python built with Py_TRACE_REFS fail with a fatal error in
     # _PyRefchain_Trace() on memory allocation error.
     @unittest.skipIf(support.Py_TRACE_REFS, 'cannot test Py_TRACE_REFS build')
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_recursion_normalizing_with_no_memory(self):
         # Issue #30697. Test that in the abort that occurs when there is no
         # memory left and the size of the Python frames stack is greater than
@@ -1525,6 +1529,7 @@ def recurse(cnt):
             self.assertIn(b'MemoryError', err)
 
     @cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_MemoryError(self):
         # PyErr_NoMemory always raises the same exception instance.
         # Check that the traceback is not doubled.
@@ -1544,8 +1549,8 @@ def raiseMemError():
         self.assertEqual(tb1, tb2)
 
     @cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_exception_with_doc(self):
-        import _testcapi
         doc2 = "This is a test docstring."
         doc4 = "This is another test docstring."
 
@@ -1584,6 +1589,7 @@ class C(object):
         self.assertEqual(error5.__doc__, "")
 
     @cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_memory_error_cleanup(self):
         # Issue #5437: preallocated MemoryError instances should not keep
         # traceback objects alive.
@@ -1674,6 +1680,7 @@ def test_unhandled(self):
     # Python built with Py_TRACE_REFS fail with a fatal error in
     # _PyRefchain_Trace() on memory allocation error.
     @unittest.skipIf(support.Py_TRACE_REFS, 'cannot test Py_TRACE_REFS build')
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_memory_error_in_PyErr_PrintEx(self):
         code = """if 1:
             import _testcapi
@@ -1792,6 +1799,7 @@ class TestException(MemoryError):
 
             gc_collect()
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_memory_error_in_subinterp(self):
         # gh-109894: subinterpreters shouldn't count on last resort memory error
         # when MemoryError is raised through PyErr_NoMemory() call,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py b/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py
index 86c07de507e39c..d896fec73d1971 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     from _testexternalinspection import PROCESS_VM_READV_SUPPORTED
     from _testexternalinspection import get_stack_trace
 except ImportError:
-    unittest.skip("Test only runs when _testexternalinspection is available")
+    raise unittest.SkipTest("Test only runs when _testexternalinspection is available")
 
 def _make_test_script(script_dir, script_basename, source):
     to_return = make_script(script_dir, script_basename, source)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py b/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
index d0473500a17735..200f34d18ca60a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ def test_sigill(self):
             5,
             'Illegal instruction')
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
     def check_fatal_error_func(self, release_gil):
         # Test that Py_FatalError() dumps a traceback
         with support.SuppressCrashReport():
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py b/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
index 8b4ed4a9e3a4fe..d07f931be0de9a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ def test_fcntl_bad_file(self):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_fcntl_bad_file_overflow(self):
-        from _testcapi import INT_MAX, INT_MIN
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
+        INT_MAX = _testcapi.INT_MAX
+        INT_MIN = _testcapi.INT_MIN
         # Issue 15989
         with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
             fcntl.fcntl(INT_MAX + 1, fcntl.F_SETFL, os.O_NONBLOCK)
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ def test_lockf_share(self):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_flock_overflow(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, fcntl.flock, _testcapi.INT_MAX+1,
                           fcntl.LOCK_SH)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
index 06d5a8abf32083..0611d1749f41c1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     TESTFN, TESTFN_ASCII, TESTFN_UNICODE, make_bad_fd,
     )
 from test.support.warnings_helper import check_warnings
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 from collections import UserList
 
 import _io  # C implementation of io
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ class COtherFileTests(OtherFileTests, unittest.TestCase):
     @cpython_only
     def testInvalidFd_overflow(self):
         # Issue 15989
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.FileIO, _testcapi.INT_MAX + 1)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.FileIO, _testcapi.INT_MIN - 1)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_finalization.py b/Lib/test/test_finalization.py
index 1d134430909d84..42871f8a09b16b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_finalization.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_finalization.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     def with_tp_del(cls):
         class C(object):
             def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-                raise TypeError('requires _testcapi.with_tp_del')
+                raise unittest.SkipTest('requires _testcapi.with_tp_del')
         return C
 
 try:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
     def without_gc(cls):
         class C:
             def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-                raise TypeError('requires _testcapi.without_gc')
+                raise unittest.SkipTest('requires _testcapi.without_gc')
         return C
 
 from test import support
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_format.py b/Lib/test/test_format.py
index 6fa49dbc0b730c..8cef621bd716ac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_format.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_format.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import re
 import test.support as support
 import unittest
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 
 maxsize = support.MAX_Py_ssize_t
 
@@ -478,7 +479,8 @@ def test_precision(self):
 
     @support.cpython_only
     def test_precision_c_limits(self):
-        from _testcapi import INT_MAX
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
+        INT_MAX = _testcapi.INT_MAX
 
         f = 1.2
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gc.py b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
index dd09643788d62f..1fe3901c8122f9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
@@ -16,17 +16,16 @@
 import weakref
 
 try:
+    import _testcapi
     from _testcapi import with_tp_del
+    from _testcapi import ContainerNoGC
 except ImportError:
+    _testcapi = None
     def with_tp_del(cls):
         class C(object):
             def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-                raise TypeError('requires _testcapi.with_tp_del')
+                raise unittest.SkipTest('requires _testcapi.with_tp_del')
         return C
-
-try:
-    from _testcapi import ContainerNoGC
-except ImportError:
     ContainerNoGC = None
 
 ### Support code
@@ -689,6 +688,7 @@ def do_work():
 
     @cpython_only
     @requires_subprocess()
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_garbage_at_shutdown(self):
         import subprocess
         code = """if 1:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_genericclass.py b/Lib/test/test_genericclass.py
index aece757fc1933e..e530b463966819 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_genericclass.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_genericclass.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 from test import support
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 
 
 class TestMROEntry(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -277,7 +278,9 @@ def __class_getitem__(cls, item):
 class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_c_class(self):
-        from _testcapi import Generic, GenericAlias
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
+        Generic = _testcapi.Generic
+        GenericAlias = _testcapi.GenericAlias
         self.assertIsInstance(Generic.__class_getitem__(int), GenericAlias)
 
         IntGeneric = Generic[int]
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
index 7b0126226c4aba..e4ba8baf0d1b88 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     is_wasi, run_in_subinterp, run_in_subinterp_with_config, Py_TRACE_REFS)
 from test.support.import_helper import (
     forget, make_legacy_pyc, unlink, unload, ready_to_import,
-    DirsOnSysPath, CleanImport)
+    DirsOnSysPath, CleanImport, import_module)
 from test.support.os_helper import (
     TESTFN, rmtree, temp_umask, TESTFN_UNENCODABLE)
 from test.support import script_helper
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def test_from_import_missing_attr_has_name_and_path(self):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_from_import_missing_attr_has_name_and_so_path(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         with self.assertRaises(ImportError) as cm:
             from _testcapi import i_dont_exist
         self.assertEqual(cm.exception.name, '_testcapi')
@@ -1836,6 +1836,7 @@ def check_incompatible_fresh(self, name, *, isolated=False):
             f'ImportError: module {name} does not support loading in subinterpreters',
         )
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, "requires _testinternalcapi")
     def test_builtin_compat(self):
         # For now we avoid using sys or builtins
         # since they still don't implement multi-phase init.
@@ -1847,6 +1848,7 @@ def test_builtin_compat(self):
             self.check_compatible_here(module, strict=True)
 
     @cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, "requires _testinternalcapi")
     def test_frozen_compat(self):
         module = '_frozen_importlib'
         require_frozen(module, skip=True)
@@ -1917,6 +1919,7 @@ def test_multi_init_extension_per_interpreter_gil_compat(self):
             self.check_compatible_here(modname, filename,
                                        strict=False, isolated=False)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, "requires _testinternalcapi")
     def test_python_compat(self):
         module = 'threading'
         require_pure_python(module)
@@ -1962,6 +1965,7 @@ def check_incompatible(setting, override):
         with self.subTest('config: check disabled; override: disabled'):
             check_compatible(False, -1)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, "requires _testinternalcapi")
     def test_isolated_config(self):
         module = 'threading'
         require_pure_python(module)
@@ -2691,7 +2695,7 @@ class CAPITests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_pyimport_addmodule(self):
         # gh-105922: Test PyImport_AddModuleRef(), PyImport_AddModule()
         # and PyImport_AddModuleObject()
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         for name in (
             'sys',     # frozen module
             'test',    # package
@@ -2701,7 +2705,7 @@ def test_pyimport_addmodule(self):
 
     def test_pyimport_addmodule_create(self):
         # gh-105922: Test PyImport_AddModuleRef(), create a new module
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         name = 'dontexist'
         self.assertNotIn(name, sys.modules)
         self.addCleanup(unload, name)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py
index 1450cfb310926a..26c8b04e44c3b9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.addCleanup(self.fixtures.close)
         self.site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(os_helper.temp_dir())
         self.fixtures.enter_context(import_helper.DirsOnSysPath(self.site_dir))
-        self.fixtures.enter_context(import_helper.CleanImport())
+        self.fixtures.enter_context(import_helper.isolated_modules())
 
 
 class ModulesFilesTests(SiteDir, unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
index c25be096e52874..ee6a994a064f85 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import types
 
+_testsinglephase = import_helper.import_module("_testsinglephase")
+
 
 BUILTINS = types.SimpleNamespace()
 BUILTINS.good_name = None
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
index 52cf68b93b85fa..76af8bb53f221b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     ThreadPoolExecutor = None
 
-from test.support import cpython_only
+from test.support import cpython_only, import_helper
 from test.support import MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS, ALWAYS_EQ
 from test.support.import_helper import DirsOnSysPath, ready_to_import
 from test.support.os_helper import TESTFN
@@ -668,7 +668,10 @@ def test_cleandoc(self):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_c_cleandoc(self):
-        import _testinternalcapi
+        try:
+            import _testinternalcapi
+        except ImportError:
+            return unittest.skip("requires _testinternalcapi")
         func = _testinternalcapi.compiler_cleandoc
         for i, (input, expected) in enumerate(self.cleandoc_testdata):
             with self.subTest(i=i):
@@ -1201,7 +1204,7 @@ def test_getfullargspec_builtin_methods(self):
     @unittest.skipIf(MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS,
                      "Signature information for builtins requires docstrings")
     def test_getfullargspec_builtin_func(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         builtin = _testcapi.docstring_with_signature_with_defaults
         spec = inspect.getfullargspec(builtin)
         self.assertEqual(spec.defaults[0], 'avocado')
@@ -1210,7 +1213,7 @@ def test_getfullargspec_builtin_func(self):
     @unittest.skipIf(MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS,
                      "Signature information for builtins requires docstrings")
     def test_getfullargspec_builtin_func_no_signature(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         builtin = _testcapi.docstring_no_signature
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             inspect.getfullargspec(builtin)
@@ -2871,7 +2874,7 @@ def test_staticmethod(*args):  # NOQA
     @unittest.skipIf(MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS,
                      "Signature information for builtins requires docstrings")
     def test_signature_on_builtins(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
 
         def test_unbound_method(o):
             """Use this to test unbound methods (things that should have a self)"""
@@ -2952,7 +2955,7 @@ class ThisWorksNow:
     @unittest.skipIf(MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS,
                      "Signature information for builtins requires docstrings")
     def test_signature_on_decorated_builtins(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         func = _testcapi.docstring_with_signature_with_defaults
 
         def decorator(func):
@@ -2973,7 +2976,7 @@ def wrapper_like(*args, **kwargs) -> int: pass
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_signature_on_builtins_no_signature(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError,
                                     'no signature found for builtin'):
             inspect.signature(_testcapi.docstring_no_signature)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_monitoring.py b/Lib/test/test_monitoring.py
index 1e77eb6a2eea4c..c1d3f2be69f19f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_monitoring.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_monitoring.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from test import support
 from test.support import requires_specialization, script_helper
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 
 PAIR = (0,1)
 
@@ -1811,15 +1812,15 @@ def test_gh108976(self):
 class TestOptimizer(MonitoringTestBase, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        import _testinternalcapi
+        _testinternalcapi = import_module("_testinternalcapi")
         self.old_opt = _testinternalcapi.get_optimizer()
         opt = _testinternalcapi.new_counter_optimizer()
         _testinternalcapi.set_optimizer(opt)
         super(TestOptimizer, self).setUp()
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        import _testinternalcapi
         super(TestOptimizer, self).tearDown()
+        import _testinternalcapi
         _testinternalcapi.set_optimizer(self.old_opt)
 
     def test_for_loop(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py b/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
index 6451df14696933..a1e9bb29083067 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from test import support
 from test.support import os_helper
 from test.support.os_helper import TESTFN
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 
 ALL_CJKENCODINGS = [
 # _codecs_cn
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ def test_issue5640(self):
     @support.cpython_only
     def test_subinterp(self):
         # bpo-42846: Test a CJK codec in a subinterpreter
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         encoding = 'cp932'
         text = "Python の開発は、1990 年ごろから開始されています。"
         code = textwrap.dedent("""
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_opcache.py b/Lib/test/test_opcache.py
index 5fb4b815c95d07..3df5dbfa8c508c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_opcache.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_opcache.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 import types
 import unittest
 from test.support import threading_helper, check_impl_detail, requires_specialization
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 
 # Skip this module on other interpreters, it is cpython specific:
 if check_impl_detail(cpython=False):
     raise unittest.SkipTest('implementation detail specific to cpython')
 
-import _testinternalcapi
+_testinternalcapi = import_module("_testinternalcapi")
 
 
 def disabling_optimizer(func):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 3b2d5fccc30f3c..ad78943eb1a389 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@
 except (ImportError, AttributeError):
     all_users = []
 try:
+    import _testcapi
     from _testcapi import INT_MAX, PY_SSIZE_T_MAX
 except ImportError:
+    _testcapi = None
     INT_MAX = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX = sys.maxsize
 
 try:
@@ -5258,6 +5260,7 @@ def test_fork(self):
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform in ("linux", "darwin"),
                          "Only Linux and macOS detect this today.")
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_fork_warns_when_non_python_thread_exists(self):
         code = """if 1:
             import os, threading, warnings
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_perfmaps.py b/Lib/test/test_perfmaps.py
index a17adb89f55360..d4c6fe0124af18 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_perfmaps.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_perfmaps.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
 
-from _testinternalcapi import perf_map_state_teardown, write_perf_map_entry
+try:
+    from _testinternalcapi import perf_map_state_teardown, write_perf_map_entry
+except ImportError:
+    raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testinternalcapi")
+
 
 if sys.platform != 'linux':
     raise unittest.SkipTest('Linux only')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_poll.py b/Lib/test/test_poll.py
index 1847ae95db9292..5675db8d1cab6e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_poll.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_poll.py
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ def test_poll3(self):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_poll_c_limits(self):
-        from _testcapi import USHRT_MAX, INT_MAX, UINT_MAX
+        try:
+            from _testcapi import USHRT_MAX, INT_MAX, UINT_MAX
+        except ImportError:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
         pollster = select.poll()
         pollster.register(1)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
index 9d40234ed01697..436fdb38756ddd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ def test_bound_builtin_classmethod_o(self):
     @support.cpython_only
     @requires_docstrings
     def test_module_level_callable_unrepresentable_default(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         builtin = _testcapi.func_with_unrepresentable_signature
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(builtin),
             "func_with_unrepresentable_signature(a, b=<x>)")
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ def test_module_level_callable_unrepresentable_default(self):
     def test_builtin_staticmethod_unrepresentable_default(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(str.maketrans),
             "maketrans(x, y=<unrepresentable>, z=<unrepresentable>, /)")
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         cls = _testcapi.DocStringUnrepresentableSignatureTest
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(cls.staticmeth),
             "staticmeth(a, b=<x>)")
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ def test_unbound_builtin_method_unrepresentable_default(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(dict.pop),
             "pop(self, key, default=<unrepresentable>, /) "
             "unbound builtins.dict method")
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         cls = _testcapi.DocStringUnrepresentableSignatureTest
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(cls.meth),
             "meth(self, /, a, b=<x>) unbound "
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ def test_bound_builtin_method_unrepresentable_default(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line({}.pop),
             "pop(key, default=<unrepresentable>, /) "
             "method of builtins.dict instance")
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         obj = _testcapi.DocStringUnrepresentableSignatureTest()
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(obj.meth),
             "meth(a, b=<x>) "
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ def test_bound_builtin_method_unrepresentable_default(self):
     @support.cpython_only
     @requires_docstrings
     def test_unbound_builtin_classmethod_unrepresentable_default(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         cls = _testcapi.DocStringUnrepresentableSignatureTest
         descr = cls.__dict__['classmeth']
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(descr),
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ def test_unbound_builtin_classmethod_unrepresentable_default(self):
     @support.cpython_only
     @requires_docstrings
     def test_bound_builtin_classmethod_unrepresentable_default(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         cls = _testcapi.DocStringUnrepresentableSignatureTest
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_line(cls.classmeth),
             "classmeth(a, b=<x>) class method of "
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_regrtest.py b/Lib/test/test_regrtest.py
index 7e1eaa7d6a515e..1ef8d0123b8d6e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_regrtest.py
@@ -1724,6 +1724,10 @@ def test_other_bug(self):
 
     @support.cpython_only
     def test_uncollectable(self):
+        try:
+            import _testcapi
+        except ImportError:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
         code = textwrap.dedent(r"""
             import _testcapi
             import gc
@@ -2106,6 +2110,10 @@ def test_unload_tests(self):
 
     def check_add_python_opts(self, option):
         # --fast-ci and --slow-ci add "-u -W default -bb -E" options to Python
+        try:
+            import _testinternalcapi
+        except ImportError:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testinternalcapi")
         code = textwrap.dedent(r"""
             import sys
             import unittest
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_repl.py b/Lib/test/test_repl.py
index a28d1595f44533..457279a4db687d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_repl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_repl.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from test import support
 from test.support import cpython_only, has_subprocess_support, SuppressCrashReport
 from test.support.script_helper import kill_python
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 
 
 if not has_subprocess_support:
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class TestInteractiveInterpreter(unittest.TestCase):
     # _PyRefchain_Trace() on memory allocation error.
     @unittest.skipIf(support.Py_TRACE_REFS, 'cannot test Py_TRACE_REFS build')
     def test_no_memory(self):
+        import_module("_testcapi")
         # Issue #30696: Fix the interactive interpreter looping endlessly when
         # no memory. Check also that the fix does not break the interactive
         # loop when an exception is raised.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index b936e9ae91daca..451800c18662db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from test.support import (
     is_apple, os_helper, refleak_helper, socket_helper, threading_helper
 )
-
 import _thread as thread
 import array
 import contextlib
@@ -37,6 +36,10 @@
     import fcntl
 except ImportError:
     fcntl = None
+try:
+    import _testcapi
+except ImportError:
+    _testcapi = None
 
 support.requires_working_socket(module=True)
 
@@ -1170,6 +1173,7 @@ def testNtoH(self):
             self.assertRaises(OverflowError, func, 1<<34)
 
     @support.cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def testNtoHErrors(self):
         import _testcapi
         s_good_values = [0, 1, 2, 0xffff]
@@ -1636,6 +1640,7 @@ def testGetaddrinfo(self):
             except socket.gaierror:
                 pass
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_getaddrinfo_int_port_overflow(self):
         # gh-74895: Test that getaddrinfo does not raise OverflowError on port.
         #
@@ -1829,6 +1834,7 @@ def test_listen_backlog(self):
             srv.listen()
 
     @support.cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def test_listen_backlog_overflow(self):
         # Issue 15989
         import _testcapi
@@ -2710,22 +2716,29 @@ def testDup(self):
     def _testDup(self):
         self.serv_conn.send(MSG)
 
-    def testShutdown(self):
-        # Testing shutdown()
+    def check_shutdown(self):
+        # Test shutdown() helper
         msg = self.cli_conn.recv(1024)
         self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
-        # wait for _testShutdown to finish: on OS X, when the server
+        # wait for _testShutdown[_overflow] to finish: on OS X, when the server
         # closes the connection the client also becomes disconnected,
         # and the client's shutdown call will fail. (Issue #4397.)
         self.done.wait()
 
+    def testShutdown(self):
+        self.check_shutdown()
+
     def _testShutdown(self):
         self.serv_conn.send(MSG)
         self.serv_conn.shutdown(2)
 
-    testShutdown_overflow = support.cpython_only(testShutdown)
+    @support.cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
+    def testShutdown_overflow(self):
+        self.check_shutdown()
 
     @support.cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def _testShutdown_overflow(self):
         import _testcapi
         self.serv_conn.send(MSG)
@@ -4882,6 +4895,7 @@ def _testSetBlocking(self):
         pass
 
     @support.cpython_only
+    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, "requires _testcapi")
     def testSetBlocking_overflow(self):
         # Issue 15989
         import _testcapi
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dbapi.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dbapi.py
index 588272448bbfda..4182de246a071b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dbapi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dbapi.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
     is_apple, is_emscripten, is_wasi
 )
 from test.support import gc_collect
-from test.support import threading_helper
-from _testcapi import INT_MAX, ULLONG_MAX
+from test.support import threading_helper, import_helper
 from os import SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END
 from test.support.os_helper import TESTFN, TESTFN_UNDECODABLE, unlink, temp_dir, FakePath
 
@@ -1202,7 +1201,6 @@ def test_blob_seek_and_tell(self):
     def test_blob_seek_error(self):
         msg_oor = "offset out of blob range"
         msg_orig = "'origin' should be os.SEEK_SET, os.SEEK_CUR, or os.SEEK_END"
-        msg_of = "seek offset results in overflow"
 
         dataset = (
             (ValueError, msg_oor, lambda: self.blob.seek(1000)),
@@ -1214,12 +1212,15 @@ def test_blob_seek_error(self):
             with self.subTest(exc=exc, msg=msg, fn=fn):
                 self.assertRaisesRegex(exc, msg, fn)
 
+    def test_blob_seek_overflow_error(self):
         # Force overflow errors
+        msg_of = "seek offset results in overflow"
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         self.blob.seek(1, SEEK_SET)
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(OverflowError, msg_of):
-            self.blob.seek(INT_MAX, SEEK_CUR)
+            self.blob.seek(_testcapi.INT_MAX, SEEK_CUR)
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(OverflowError, msg_of):
-            self.blob.seek(INT_MAX, SEEK_END)
+            self.blob.seek(_testcapi.INT_MAX, SEEK_END)
 
     def test_blob_read(self):
         buf = self.blob.read()
@@ -1379,14 +1380,17 @@ def test_blob_get_item_error(self):
             with self.subTest(idx=idx):
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(IndexError, "index out of range"):
                     self.blob[idx]
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(IndexError, "cannot fit 'int'"):
-            self.blob[ULLONG_MAX]
 
         # Provoke read error
         self.cx.execute("update test set b='aaaa' where rowid=1")
         with self.assertRaises(sqlite.OperationalError):
             self.blob[0]
 
+    def test_blob_get_item_error_bigint(self):
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(IndexError, "cannot fit 'int'"):
+            self.blob[_testcapi.ULLONG_MAX]
+
     def test_blob_set_item_error(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, "cannot be interpreted"):
             self.blob[0] = b"multiple"
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py b/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py
index 8bd373976426ef..27c4fbcde09889 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_stable_abi_ctypes.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
 from test.support.import_helper import import_module
-from _testcapi import get_feature_macros
+try:
+    from _testcapi import get_feature_macros
+except ImportError:
+    raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
 
 feature_macros = get_feature_macros()
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index 38dcabd84d8170..fdca45990f99f9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ class SizeofTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.P = struct.calcsize('P')
         self.longdigit = sys.int_info.sizeof_digit
-        import _testinternalcapi
+        _testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testinternalcapi")
         self.gc_headsize = _testinternalcapi.SIZEOF_PYGC_HEAD
         self.managed_pre_header_size = _testinternalcapi.SIZEOF_MANAGED_PRE_HEADER
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index 3b5c37c948c8c3..96da9efaea2f07 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ def test_BoundedSemaphore_limit(self):
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_frame_tstate_tracing(self):
+        _testcapi = import_module("_testcapi")
         # Issue #14432: Crash when a generator is created in a C thread that is
         # destroyed while the generator is still used. The issue was that a
         # generator contains a frame, and the frame kept a reference to the
@@ -1010,7 +1011,6 @@ def callback():
             threading.settrace(noop_trace)
 
             # Create a generator in a C thread which exits after the call
-            import _testcapi
             _testcapi.call_in_temporary_c_thread(callback)
 
             # Call the generator in a different Python thread, check that the
@@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ def task():
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_daemon_threads_fatal_error(self):
+        import_module("_testcapi")
         subinterp_code = f"""if 1:
             import os
             import threading
@@ -1535,6 +1536,7 @@ def _check_allowed(self, before_start='', *,
                        daemon_allowed=True,
                        daemon=False,
                        ):
+        import_module("_testinternalcapi")
         subinterp_code = textwrap.dedent(f"""
             import test.support
             import threading
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
index 4cdd66d3769e0c..f690a0de91383f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from test import support
 from test.support import script_helper, ALWAYS_EQ
 from test.support import gc_collect
+from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import threading_helper
 
 # Used in ReferencesTestCase.test_ref_created_during_del() .
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def test_basic_callback(self):
 
     @support.cpython_only
     def test_cfunction(self):
-        import _testcapi
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
         create_cfunction = _testcapi.create_cfunction
         f = create_cfunction()
         wr = weakref.ref(f)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-06-11-00-36.gh-issue-116307.Uij0t_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-06-11-00-36.gh-issue-116307.Uij0t_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0bc4be94789f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-03-06-11-00-36.gh-issue-116307.Uij0t_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Added import helper ``isolated_modules`` as ``CleanImport`` does not remove
+modules imported during the context. Use it in importlib.resources tests to
+avoid leaving ``mod`` around to impede importlib.metadata tests.
diff --git a/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in b/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in
index 73b082691a3fd4..297823439ab0f1 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in
+++ b/Modules/Setup.stdlib.in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 *shared*
 @MODULE__TESTIMPORTMULTIPLE_TRUE@_testimportmultiple _testimportmultiple.c
 @MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE_TRUE@_testmultiphase _testmultiphase.c
-@MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE_TRUE@_testsinglephase _testsinglephase.c
+@MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_TRUE@_testsinglephase _testsinglephase.c
 @MODULE__TESTEXTERNALINSPECTION_TRUE@_testexternalinspection _testexternalinspection.c
 @MODULE__CTYPES_TEST_TRUE@_ctypes_test _ctypes/_ctypes_test.c
 
diff --git a/Tools/build/stable_abi.py b/Tools/build/stable_abi.py
index 95fc4dfbf11e49..8b01c91e0d6bb3 100644
--- a/Tools/build/stable_abi.py
+++ b/Tools/build/stable_abi.py
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ def gen_ctypes_test(manifest, args, outfile):
         import sys
         import unittest
         from test.support.import_helper import import_module
-        from _testcapi import get_feature_macros
+        try:
+            from _testcapi import get_feature_macros
+        except ImportError:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("requires _testcapi")
 
         feature_macros = get_feature_macros()
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e62cb2baa29a78..0d2b732f45d1c5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -663,6 +663,8 @@ MODULE_XXSUBTYPE_FALSE
 MODULE_XXSUBTYPE_TRUE
 MODULE__TESTEXTERNALINSPECTION_FALSE
 MODULE__TESTEXTERNALINSPECTION_TRUE
+MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_FALSE
+MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_TRUE
 MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE_FALSE
 MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE_TRUE
 MODULE__TESTIMPORTMULTIPLE_FALSE
@@ -30923,6 +30925,44 @@ fi
 printf "%s\n" "$py_cv_module__testmultiphase" >&6; }
 
 
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for stdlib extension module _testsinglephase" >&5
+printf %s "checking for stdlib extension module _testsinglephase... " >&6; }
+        if test "$py_cv_module__testsinglephase" != "n/a"
+then :
+
+    if test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes
+then :
+  if test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = yes
+then :
+  py_cv_module__testsinglephase=yes
+else $as_nop
+  py_cv_module__testsinglephase=missing
+fi
+else $as_nop
+  py_cv_module__testsinglephase=disabled
+fi
+
+fi
+  as_fn_append MODULE_BLOCK "MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_STATE=$py_cv_module__testsinglephase$as_nl"
+  if test "x$py_cv_module__testsinglephase" = xyes
+then :
+
+
+
+
+fi
+   if test "$py_cv_module__testsinglephase" = yes; then
+  MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_TRUE=
+  MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_FALSE='#'
+else
+  MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_TRUE='#'
+  MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_FALSE=
+fi
+
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $py_cv_module__testsinglephase" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$py_cv_module__testsinglephase" >&6; }
+
+
   { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for stdlib extension module _testexternalinspection" >&5
 printf %s "checking for stdlib extension module _testexternalinspection... " >&6; }
         if test "$py_cv_module__testexternalinspection" != "n/a"
@@ -31573,6 +31613,10 @@ if test -z "${MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE_TRUE}" && test -z "${MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"MODULE__TESTMULTIPHASE\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
+if test -z "${MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_TRUE}" && test -z "${MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE_FALSE}"; then
+  as_fn_error $? "conditional \"MODULE__TESTSINGLEPHASE\" was never defined.
+Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
 if test -z "${MODULE__TESTEXTERNALINSPECTION_TRUE}" && test -z "${MODULE__TESTEXTERNALINSPECTION_FALSE}"; then
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"MODULE__TESTEXTERNALINSPECTION\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 990215b613aef4..5072d36b36c9f2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7626,6 +7626,7 @@ PY_STDLIB_MOD([_testinternalcapi], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes])
 PY_STDLIB_MOD([_testbuffer], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes])
 PY_STDLIB_MOD([_testimportmultiple], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes], [test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = yes])
 PY_STDLIB_MOD([_testmultiphase], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes], [test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = yes])
+PY_STDLIB_MOD([_testsinglephase], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes], [test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = yes])
 PY_STDLIB_MOD([_testexternalinspection], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes])
 PY_STDLIB_MOD([xxsubtype], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes])
 PY_STDLIB_MOD([_xxtestfuzz], [test "$TEST_MODULES" = yes])