diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index f48decc704cb8a..9746ff92e3753e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import hashlib
 import importlib
 import importlib.util
-import locale
 import os
 import platform
 import re
@@ -2433,6 +2432,7 @@ def skip_if_buggy_ucrt_strfptime(test):
     See bpo-37552 [Windows] strptime/strftime return invalid
     results with UCRT version 17763.615
     """
+    import locale
     global _buggy_ucrt
     if _buggy_ucrt is None:
         if(sys.platform == 'win32' and