diff --git a/Lib/test/test_code.py b/Lib/test/test_code.py
index 3377a7b..21b12a5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_code.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 import weakref
-import _testcapi
+from test.support import run_doctest, run_unittest, cpython_only
 
 
 def consts(t):
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@
 
 class CodeTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    @cpython_only
     def test_newempty(self):
+        import _testcapi
         co = _testcapi.code_newempty("filename", "funcname", 15)
         self.assertEqual(co.co_filename, "filename")
         self.assertEqual(co.co_name, "funcname")
@@ -159,7 +161,6 @@
 
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
-    from test.support import run_doctest, run_unittest
     from test import test_code
     run_doctest(test_code, verbose)
     run_unittest(CodeTest, CodeWeakRefTest)