diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 39c8ad587a8b78..0f17964da41002 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import subprocess
 import functools
 import itertools
 
@@ -748,6 +747,7 @@ def from_subprocess():
         """
         Fall back to `uname -p`
         """
+        import subprocess
         try:
             return subprocess.check_output(
                 ['uname', '-p'],