From f0d631f39ef0776c26ba51e65dc19e51361fd0ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:22:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve import time of pathlib

---
 Lib/pathlib/__init__.py               | 5 ++---
 Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py b/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
index 44f967eb12dd4f..a32e4b5320ff6d 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 import posixpath
 import sys
 from errno import *
-from glob import _StringGlobber, _no_recurse_symlinks
 from itertools import chain
 from stat import (
     S_IMODE, S_ISDIR, S_ISREG, S_ISLNK, S_ISSOCK, S_ISBLK, S_ISCHR, S_ISFIFO,
 )
 from _collections_abc import Sequence
+lazy import shutil
+lazy from glob import _StringGlobber, _no_recurse_symlinks
 
 try:
     import pwd
@@ -1255,8 +1256,6 @@ def _delete(self):
         if self.is_symlink() or self.is_junction():
             self.unlink()
         elif self.is_dir():
-            # Lazy import to improve module import time
-            import shutil
             shutil.rmtree(self)
         else:
             self.unlink()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
index ef9ea0d11d06a6..f10fcb278b207f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_is_notimplemented(self):
 class LazyImportTest(unittest.TestCase):
     @cpython_only
     def test_lazy_import(self):
-        import_helper.ensure_lazy_imports("pathlib", {"shutil"})
+        import_helper.ensure_lazy_imports("pathlib", {"glob", "shutil"})
 
 
 #