diff --git a/Lib/test/test_slice.py b/Lib/test/test_slice.py
index 5e76655ee6d..4ae4142c60c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_slice.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_slice.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class myobj(): pass
         o.s = slice(o)
         w = weakref.ref(o)
         o = None
-        test_support.gc_collect()
+        support.gc_collect()
         self.assertIsNone(w())
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":