diff --git a/Lib/test/test_atexit.py b/Lib/test/test_atexit.py
index 64c4c3c68d7..9b93b6815b5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_atexit.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_atexit.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Test the atexit module.
 from test_support import TESTFN, vereq
 import atexit
-import os
+from os import popen, unlink
 import sys
 
 input = """\
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def handler2(*args, **kargs):
 f.write(input)
 f.close()
 
-p = os.popen("%s %s" % (sys.executable, fname))
+p = popen("%s %s" % (sys.executable, fname))
 output = p.read()
 p.close()
 vereq(output, """\
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def indirect():
 f.write(input)
 f.close()
 
-p = os.popen("%s %s" % (sys.executable, fname))
+p = popen("%s %s" % (sys.executable, fname))
 output = p.read()
 p.close()
 vereq(output, """\
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ def indirect():
 direct exit
 """)
 
-os.unlink(fname)
+unlink(fname)