diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index ff9b106..8d1bb59 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 "Test posix functions"
 
 from test import support
-posix = support.import_module('posix') #skip if not supported
+
+# Skip these tests if there is no posix module.
+posix = support.import_module('posix')
 
 import time
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pty.py b/Lib/test/test_pty.py
index 66c4de3..e74ecd5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pty.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pty.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-from test import support
-pty = support.import_module("pty") #skip if not supported
+from test.support import verbose, run_unittest, import_module
+
+#Skip these tests if either fcntl or termios is not available
+fcntl = import_module('fcntl')
+import_module('termios')
+
 import errno
-import fcntl
+import pty
 import os
 import sys
 import signal
-from test.support import verbose, run_unittest
 import unittest
 
 TEST_STRING_1 = b"I wish to buy a fish license.\n"