diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
index 793c99a8f4ca32..1df927da403d6e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
 import faulthandler
 import locale
 import os
@@ -150,9 +149,12 @@ def log(self, line=''):
 
         # add the timestamp prefix:  "0:01:05 "
         test_time = time.monotonic() - self.start_time
-        test_time = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(test_time))
-        line = f"{test_time} {line}"
 
+        mins, secs = divmod(int(test_time), 60)
+        hours, mins = divmod(mins, 60)
+        test_time = "%d:%02d:%02d" % (hours, mins, secs)
+
+        line = f"{test_time} {line}"
         if empty:
             line = line[:-1]
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/testresult.py b/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
index 6be3e5250ae588..670afbea2659de 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 import traceback
 import unittest
 
-from datetime import datetime
-
 class RegressionTestResult(unittest.TextTestResult):
     separator1 = '=' * 70 + '\n'
     separator2 = '-' * 70 + '\n'
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ def __init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity):
         self.buffer = True
         if self.USE_XML:
             from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
+            from datetime import datetime
             self.__ET = ET
             self.__suite = ET.Element('testsuite')
             self.__suite.set('start', datetime.utcnow().isoformat(' '))