diff --git a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
index 4fc2f9f..df65d7e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
@@ -2468,8 +2468,9 @@
         # Check the doctest cases defined here:
         test_support.run_doctest(test_doctest, verbosity=True)
 
-import trace, sys
+import sys
 def test_coverage(coverdir):
+    trace = test_support.import_module('trace')
     tracer = trace.Trace(ignoredirs=[sys.prefix, sys.exec_prefix,],
                          trace=0, count=1)
     tracer.run('reload(doctest); test_main()')