diff --git a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
index ff7de6f4f5d..3a968c56322 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 from ._bootstrap import __import__
 
-from _imp import lazy_import, set_lazy_imports
+from _imp import set_lazy_imports
 
 
 def invalidate_caches():
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
index cff4664fa1e..18ee355989a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
@@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@ def test_lazy_import_pkg_cross_import(self):
 
         g = test.test_import.data.lazy_imports.pkg.c.get_globals()
         self.assertEqual(type(g["x"]), int)
-        self.assertEqual(type(g["b"]), importlib.lazy_import)
+        self.assertEqual(type(g["b"]), types.LazyImportType)
 
 class TestSinglePhaseSnapshot(ModuleSnapshot):
     """A representation of a single-phase init module for testing.
diff --git a/Modules/_typesmodule.c b/Modules/_typesmodule.c
index df6b4c93cb8..6c9e7a0a3ba 100644
--- a/Modules/_typesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_typesmodule.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "pycore_descrobject.h"   // _PyMethodWrapper_Type
+#include "pycore_lazyimportobject.h" // PyLazyImport_Type
 #include "pycore_namespace.h"     // _PyNamespace_Type
 #include "pycore_object.h"        // _PyNone_Type, _PyNotImplemented_Type
 #include "pycore_unionobject.h"   // _PyUnion_Type
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ _types_exec(PyObject *m)
     EXPORT_STATIC_TYPE("GetSetDescriptorType", PyGetSetDescr_Type);
     // LambdaType is the same as FunctionType
     EXPORT_STATIC_TYPE("LambdaType", PyFunction_Type);
+    EXPORT_STATIC_TYPE("LazyImportType", PyLazyImport_Type);
     EXPORT_STATIC_TYPE("MappingProxyType", PyDictProxy_Type);
     EXPORT_STATIC_TYPE("MemberDescriptorType", PyMemberDescr_Type);
     EXPORT_STATIC_TYPE("MethodDescriptorType", PyMethodDescr_Type);
diff --git a/Objects/lazyimportobject.c b/Objects/lazyimportobject.c
index 210e01f9c80..bcd2a5f6e15 100644
--- a/Objects/lazyimportobject.c
+++ b/Objects/lazyimportobject.c
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ static PyMethodDef lazy_methods[] = {
 
 PyTypeObject PyLazyImport_Type = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
-    "lazy_import",                              /* tp_name */
-    sizeof(PyLazyImportObject),                       /* tp_basicsize */
+    "LazyImport",                               /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(PyLazyImportObject),                 /* tp_basicsize */
     0,                                          /* tp_itemsize */
     (destructor)lazy_import_dealloc,            /* tp_dealloc */
     0,                                          /* tp_print */
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 3d5aa53ae70..abd734a29a1 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -5377,11 +5377,6 @@ imp_module_exec(PyObject *module)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(module, "lazy_import",
-                              (PyObject *)&PyLazyImport_Type) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     return 0;
 }