diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index 6b0a905048cea3..8d6262b9c1b02b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -361,10 +361,8 @@ def test_union_str_pattern(self):
     def test_etree(self):
         # See https://github.com/python/typing/issues/229
         # (Only relevant for Python 2.)
-        try:
-            from xml.etree.cElementTree import Element
-        except ImportError:
-            raise SkipTest("cElementTree not found")
+        from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element
+
         Union[Element, str]  # Shouldn't crash
 
         def Elem(*args):