diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index 3422dc1ed3f5f8..c9bfd2b012dc00 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -6004,8 +6004,9 @@ def test_mutablesequence(self):
         self.assertNotIsInstance((), typing.MutableSequence)
 
     def test_bytestring(self):
+        _typing = import_fresh_module('typing')
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-            from typing import ByteString
+            ByteString = _typing.ByteString
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
             self.assertIsInstance(b'', ByteString)
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
@@ -6013,7 +6014,7 @@ def test_bytestring(self):
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
             class Foo(ByteString): ...
         with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-            class Bar(ByteString, typing.Awaitable): ...
+            class Bar(ByteString, _typing.Awaitable): ...
 
     def test_list(self):
         self.assertIsSubclass(list, typing.List)