diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index a7f19cbddb2..80d4f1aeb5a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import pickle
 import weakref
 import errno
-import ctypes
 
 from test.support import (TESTFN, captured_output, check_impl_detail,
                           check_warnings, cpython_only, gc_collect, run_unittest,