diff --git a/Lib/email/test/test_email_torture.py b/Lib/email/test/test_email_torture.py
index 38520013646..7a0bd466b90 100644
--- a/Lib/email/test/test_email_torture.py
+++ b/Lib/email/test/test_email_torture.py
@@ -11,14 +11,9 @@
 import unittest
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 from types import ListType
-from test_email import TestEmailBase
 
-try:
-    import test_support
-    TestSkipped = test_support.TestSkipped
-except ImportError:
-    test_support = None
-    TestSkipped = ImportError
+from email.test.test_email import TestEmailBase
+from test.test_support import TestSkipped
 
 import email
 from email import __file__ as testfile