diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index b25a7291f6be51..2f7d5d3d511820 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import collections.abc
 import itertools
-import linecache
 import sys
 import textwrap
 from contextlib import suppress
@@ -333,6 +332,7 @@ def line(self):
         if self._line is None:
             if self.lineno is None:
                 return None
+            import linecache
             self._line = linecache.getline(self.filename, self.lineno)
         return self._line.strip()
 
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ def _extract_from_extended_frame_gen(klass, frame_gen, *, limit=None,
             else:
                 frame_gen = collections.deque(frame_gen, maxlen=-limit)
 
+        import linecache
+
         result = klass()
         fnames = set()
         for f, (lineno, end_lineno, colno, end_colno) in frame_gen: