diff --git a/Doc/library/superseded.rst b/Doc/library/superseded.rst
index 57ef9638d058d41..aa0f6bf23e2243b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/superseded.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/superseded.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.
    chunk.rst
    crypt.rst
    imghdr.rst
-   imp.rst
    mailcap.rst
    msilib.rst
    nis.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 542b08b1878ed0b..cb46de986cda461 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -1208,10 +1208,6 @@ always available.
 
     Originally specified in :pep:`302`.
 
-    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-       ``None`` is stored instead of :class:`imp.NullImporter` when no finder
-       is found.
-
 
 .. data:: platform
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 3e0b106c4a049c6..e1bc499141ad7a7 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -465,11 +465,14 @@ Removed
   completed:
 
   * References to, and support for ``module_repr()`` has been eradicated.
-
+    (Contributed by Barry Warsaw in :gh:`97850`.)
 
 * ``importlib.util.set_package`` has been removed.
   (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :gh:`65961`.)
 
+* The `imp` module has been removed.  (Contributed by Barry Warsaw in
+  :gh:`98040`.)
+
 * Removed the ``suspicious`` rule from the documentation Makefile, and
   removed ``Doc/tools/rstlint.py``, both in favor of `sphinx-lint
   <https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint>`_.
diff --git a/Lib/imp.py b/Lib/imp.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fc42c15765852e7..000000000000000
--- a/Lib/imp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,346 +0,0 @@
-"""This module provides the components needed to build your own __import__
-function.  Undocumented functions are obsolete.
-
-In most cases it is preferred you consider using the importlib module's
-functionality over this module.
-
-"""
-# (Probably) need to stay in _imp
-from _imp import (lock_held, acquire_lock, release_lock,
-                  get_frozen_object, is_frozen_package,
-                  init_frozen, is_builtin, is_frozen,
-                  _fix_co_filename, _frozen_module_names)
-try:
-    from _imp import create_dynamic
-except ImportError:
-    # Platform doesn't support dynamic loading.
-    create_dynamic = None
-
-from importlib._bootstrap import _ERR_MSG, _exec, _load, _builtin_from_name
-from importlib._bootstrap_external import SourcelessFileLoader
-
-from importlib import machinery
-from importlib import util
-import importlib
-import os
-import sys
-import tokenize
-import types
-import warnings
-
-warnings.warn("the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib and slated "
-              "for removal in Python 3.12; "
-              "see the module's documentation for alternative uses",
-              DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-
-# DEPRECATED
-SEARCH_ERROR = 0
-PY_SOURCE = 1
-PY_COMPILED = 2
-C_EXTENSION = 3
-PY_RESOURCE = 4
-PKG_DIRECTORY = 5
-C_BUILTIN = 6
-PY_FROZEN = 7
-PY_CODERESOURCE = 8
-IMP_HOOK = 9
-
-
-def new_module(name):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Create a new module.
-
-    The module is not entered into sys.modules.
-
-    """
-    return types.ModuleType(name)
-
-
-def get_magic():
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Return the magic number for .pyc files.
-    """
-    return util.MAGIC_NUMBER
-
-
-def get_tag():
-    """Return the magic tag for .pyc files."""
-    return sys.implementation.cache_tag
-
-
-def cache_from_source(path, debug_override=None):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Given the path to a .py file, return the path to its .pyc file.
-
-    The .py file does not need to exist; this simply returns the path to the
-    .pyc file calculated as if the .py file were imported.
-
-    If debug_override is not None, then it must be a boolean and is used in
-    place of sys.flags.optimize.
-
-    If sys.implementation.cache_tag is None then NotImplementedError is raised.
-
-    """
-    with warnings.catch_warnings():
-        warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
-        return util.cache_from_source(path, debug_override)
-
-
-def source_from_cache(path):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Given the path to a .pyc. file, return the path to its .py file.
-
-    The .pyc file does not need to exist; this simply returns the path to
-    the .py file calculated to correspond to the .pyc file.  If path does
-    not conform to PEP 3147 format, ValueError will be raised. If
-    sys.implementation.cache_tag is None then NotImplementedError is raised.
-
-    """
-    return util.source_from_cache(path)
-
-
-def get_suffixes():
-    """**DEPRECATED**"""
-    extensions = [(s, 'rb', C_EXTENSION) for s in machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES]
-    source = [(s, 'r', PY_SOURCE) for s in machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES]
-    bytecode = [(s, 'rb', PY_COMPILED) for s in machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES]
-
-    return extensions + source + bytecode
-
-
-class NullImporter:
-
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Null import object.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        if path == '':
-            raise ImportError('empty pathname', path='')
-        elif os.path.isdir(path):
-            raise ImportError('existing directory', path=path)
-
-    def find_module(self, fullname):
-        """Always returns None."""
-        return None
-
-
-class _HackedGetData:
-
-    """Compatibility support for 'file' arguments of various load_*()
-    functions."""
-
-    def __init__(self, fullname, path, file=None):
-        super().__init__(fullname, path)
-        self.file = file
-
-    def get_data(self, path):
-        """Gross hack to contort loader to deal w/ load_*()'s bad API."""
-        if self.file and path == self.path:
-            # The contract of get_data() requires us to return bytes. Reopen the
-            # file in binary mode if needed.
-            if not self.file.closed:
-                file = self.file
-                if 'b' not in file.mode:
-                    file.close()
-            if self.file.closed:
-                self.file = file = open(self.path, 'rb')
-
-            with file:
-                return file.read()
-        else:
-            return super().get_data(path)
-
-
-class _LoadSourceCompatibility(_HackedGetData, machinery.SourceFileLoader):
-
-    """Compatibility support for implementing load_source()."""
-
-
-def load_source(name, pathname, file=None):
-    loader = _LoadSourceCompatibility(name, pathname, file)
-    spec = util.spec_from_file_location(name, pathname, loader=loader)
-    if name in sys.modules:
-        module = _exec(spec, sys.modules[name])
-    else:
-        module = _load(spec)
-    # To allow reloading to potentially work, use a non-hacked loader which
-    # won't rely on a now-closed file object.
-    module.__loader__ = machinery.SourceFileLoader(name, pathname)
-    module.__spec__.loader = module.__loader__
-    return module
-
-
-class _LoadCompiledCompatibility(_HackedGetData, SourcelessFileLoader):
-
-    """Compatibility support for implementing load_compiled()."""
-
-
-def load_compiled(name, pathname, file=None):
-    """**DEPRECATED**"""
-    loader = _LoadCompiledCompatibility(name, pathname, file)
-    spec = util.spec_from_file_location(name, pathname, loader=loader)
-    if name in sys.modules:
-        module = _exec(spec, sys.modules[name])
-    else:
-        module = _load(spec)
-    # To allow reloading to potentially work, use a non-hacked loader which
-    # won't rely on a now-closed file object.
-    module.__loader__ = SourcelessFileLoader(name, pathname)
-    module.__spec__.loader = module.__loader__
-    return module
-
-
-def load_package(name, path):
-    """**DEPRECATED**"""
-    if os.path.isdir(path):
-        extensions = (machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES[:] +
-                      machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES[:])
-        for extension in extensions:
-            init_path = os.path.join(path, '__init__' + extension)
-            if os.path.exists(init_path):
-                path = init_path
-                break
-        else:
-            raise ValueError('{!r} is not a package'.format(path))
-    spec = util.spec_from_file_location(name, path,
-                                        submodule_search_locations=[])
-    if name in sys.modules:
-        return _exec(spec, sys.modules[name])
-    else:
-        return _load(spec)
-
-
-def load_module(name, file, filename, details):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Load a module, given information returned by find_module().
-
-    The module name must include the full package name, if any.
-
-    """
-    suffix, mode, type_ = details
-    if mode and (not mode.startswith('r') or '+' in mode):
-        raise ValueError('invalid file open mode {!r}'.format(mode))
-    elif file is None and type_ in {PY_SOURCE, PY_COMPILED}:
-        msg = 'file object required for import (type code {})'.format(type_)
-        raise ValueError(msg)
-    elif type_ == PY_SOURCE:
-        return load_source(name, filename, file)
-    elif type_ == PY_COMPILED:
-        return load_compiled(name, filename, file)
-    elif type_ == C_EXTENSION and load_dynamic is not None:
-        if file is None:
-            with open(filename, 'rb') as opened_file:
-                return load_dynamic(name, filename, opened_file)
-        else:
-            return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
-    elif type_ == PKG_DIRECTORY:
-        return load_package(name, filename)
-    elif type_ == C_BUILTIN:
-        return init_builtin(name)
-    elif type_ == PY_FROZEN:
-        return init_frozen(name)
-    else:
-        msg =  "Don't know how to import {} (type code {})".format(name, type_)
-        raise ImportError(msg, name=name)
-
-
-def find_module(name, path=None):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Search for a module.
-
-    If path is omitted or None, search for a built-in, frozen or special
-    module and continue search in sys.path. The module name cannot
-    contain '.'; to search for a submodule of a package, pass the
-    submodule name and the package's __path__.
-
-    """
-    if not isinstance(name, str):
-        raise TypeError("'name' must be a str, not {}".format(type(name)))
-    elif not isinstance(path, (type(None), list)):
-        # Backwards-compatibility
-        raise RuntimeError("'path' must be None or a list, "
-                           "not {}".format(type(path)))
-
-    if path is None:
-        if is_builtin(name):
-            return None, None, ('', '', C_BUILTIN)
-        elif is_frozen(name):
-            return None, None, ('', '', PY_FROZEN)
-        else:
-            path = sys.path
-
-    for entry in path:
-        package_directory = os.path.join(entry, name)
-        for suffix in ['.py', machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES[0]]:
-            package_file_name = '__init__' + suffix
-            file_path = os.path.join(package_directory, package_file_name)
-            if os.path.isfile(file_path):
-                return None, package_directory, ('', '', PKG_DIRECTORY)
-        for suffix, mode, type_ in get_suffixes():
-            file_name = name + suffix
-            file_path = os.path.join(entry, file_name)
-            if os.path.isfile(file_path):
-                break
-        else:
-            continue
-        break  # Break out of outer loop when breaking out of inner loop.
-    else:
-        raise ImportError(_ERR_MSG.format(name), name=name)
-
-    encoding = None
-    if 'b' not in mode:
-        with open(file_path, 'rb') as file:
-            encoding = tokenize.detect_encoding(file.readline)[0]
-    file = open(file_path, mode, encoding=encoding)
-    return file, file_path, (suffix, mode, type_)
-
-
-def reload(module):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Reload the module and return it.
-
-    The module must have been successfully imported before.
-
-    """
-    return importlib.reload(module)
-
-
-def init_builtin(name):
-    """**DEPRECATED**
-
-    Load and return a built-in module by name, or None is such module doesn't
-    exist
-    """
-    try:
-        return _builtin_from_name(name)
-    except ImportError:
-        return None
-
-
-if create_dynamic:
-    def load_dynamic(name, path, file=None):
-        """**DEPRECATED**
-
-        Load an extension module.
-        """
-        import importlib.machinery
-        loader = importlib.machinery.ExtensionFileLoader(name, path)
-
-        # Issue #24748: Skip the sys.modules check in _load_module_shim;
-        # always load new extension
-        spec = importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec(
-            name=name, loader=loader, origin=path)
-        return _load(spec)
-
-else:
-    load_dynamic = None
diff --git a/Lib/pkgutil.py b/Lib/pkgutil.py
index bdebfd2fc8ac329..42ca823c476d1cb 100644
--- a/Lib/pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/pkgutil.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 __all__ = [
     'get_importer', 'iter_importers', 'get_loader', 'find_loader',
     'walk_packages', 'iter_modules', 'get_data',
-    'ImpImporter', 'ImpLoader', 'read_code', 'extend_path',
+    'read_code', 'extend_path',
     'ModuleInfo',
 ]
 
@@ -185,187 +185,6 @@ def _iter_file_finder_modules(importer, prefix=''):
     importlib.machinery.FileFinder, _iter_file_finder_modules)
 
 
-def _import_imp():
-    global imp
-    with warnings.catch_warnings():
-        warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
-        imp = importlib.import_module('imp')
-
-class ImpImporter:
-    """PEP 302 Finder that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm
-
-    ImpImporter(dirname) produces a PEP 302 finder that searches that
-    directory.  ImpImporter(None) produces a PEP 302 finder that searches
-    the current sys.path, plus any modules that are frozen or built-in.
-
-    Note that ImpImporter does not currently support being used by placement
-    on sys.meta_path.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, path=None):
-        global imp
-        warnings.warn("This emulation is deprecated and slated for removal "
-                      "in Python 3.12; use 'importlib' instead",
-             DeprecationWarning)
-        _import_imp()
-        self.path = path
-
-    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
-        # Note: we ignore 'path' argument since it is only used via meta_path
-        subname = fullname.split(".")[-1]
-        if subname != fullname and self.path is None:
-            return None
-        if self.path is None:
-            path = None
-        else:
-            path = [os.path.realpath(self.path)]
-        try:
-            file, filename, etc = imp.find_module(subname, path)
-        except ImportError:
-            return None
-        return ImpLoader(fullname, file, filename, etc)
-
-    def iter_modules(self, prefix=''):
-        if self.path is None or not os.path.isdir(self.path):
-            return
-
-        yielded = {}
-        import inspect
-        try:
-            filenames = os.listdir(self.path)
-        except OSError:
-            # ignore unreadable directories like import does
-            filenames = []
-        filenames.sort()  # handle packages before same-named modules
-
-        for fn in filenames:
-            modname = inspect.getmodulename(fn)
-            if modname=='__init__' or modname in yielded:
-                continue
-
-            path = os.path.join(self.path, fn)
-            ispkg = False
-
-            if not modname and os.path.isdir(path) and '.' not in fn:
-                modname = fn
-                try:
-                    dircontents = os.listdir(path)
-                except OSError:
-                    # ignore unreadable directories like import does
-                    dircontents = []
-                for fn in dircontents:
-                    subname = inspect.getmodulename(fn)
-                    if subname=='__init__':
-                        ispkg = True
-                        break
-                else:
-                    continue    # not a package
-
-            if modname and '.' not in modname:
-                yielded[modname] = 1
-                yield prefix + modname, ispkg
-
-
-class ImpLoader:
-    """PEP 302 Loader that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm
-    """
-    code = source = None
-
-    def __init__(self, fullname, file, filename, etc):
-        warnings.warn("This emulation is deprecated and slated for removal in "
-                      "Python 3.12; use 'importlib' instead",
-                      DeprecationWarning)
-        _import_imp()
-        self.file = file
-        self.filename = filename
-        self.fullname = fullname
-        self.etc = etc
-
-    def load_module(self, fullname):
-        self._reopen()
-        try:
-            mod = imp.load_module(fullname, self.file, self.filename, self.etc)
-        finally:
-            if self.file:
-                self.file.close()
-        # Note: we don't set __loader__ because we want the module to look
-        # normal; i.e. this is just a wrapper for standard import machinery
-        return mod
-
-    def get_data(self, pathname):
-        with open(pathname, "rb") as file:
-            return file.read()
-
-    def _reopen(self):
-        if self.file and self.file.closed:
-            mod_type = self.etc[2]
-            if mod_type==imp.PY_SOURCE:
-                self.file = open(self.filename, 'r')
-            elif mod_type in (imp.PY_COMPILED, imp.C_EXTENSION):
-                self.file = open(self.filename, 'rb')
-
-    def _fix_name(self, fullname):
-        if fullname is None:
-            fullname = self.fullname
-        elif fullname != self.fullname:
-            raise ImportError("Loader for module %s cannot handle "
-                              "module %s" % (self.fullname, fullname))
-        return fullname
-
-    def is_package(self, fullname):
-        fullname = self._fix_name(fullname)
-        return self.etc[2]==imp.PKG_DIRECTORY
-
-    def get_code(self, fullname=None):
-        fullname = self._fix_name(fullname)
-        if self.code is None:
-            mod_type = self.etc[2]
-            if mod_type==imp.PY_SOURCE:
-                source = self.get_source(fullname)
-                self.code = compile(source, self.filename, 'exec')
-            elif mod_type==imp.PY_COMPILED:
-                self._reopen()
-                try:
-                    self.code = read_code(self.file)
-                finally:
-                    self.file.close()
-            elif mod_type==imp.PKG_DIRECTORY:
-                self.code = self._get_delegate().get_code()
-        return self.code
-
-    def get_source(self, fullname=None):
-        fullname = self._fix_name(fullname)
-        if self.source is None:
-            mod_type = self.etc[2]
-            if mod_type==imp.PY_SOURCE:
-                self._reopen()
-                try:
-                    self.source = self.file.read()
-                finally:
-                    self.file.close()
-            elif mod_type==imp.PY_COMPILED:
-                if os.path.exists(self.filename[:-1]):
-                    with open(self.filename[:-1], 'r') as f:
-                        self.source = f.read()
-            elif mod_type==imp.PKG_DIRECTORY:
-                self.source = self._get_delegate().get_source()
-        return self.source
-
-    def _get_delegate(self):
-        finder = ImpImporter(self.filename)
-        spec = _get_spec(finder, '__init__')
-        return spec.loader
-
-    def get_filename(self, fullname=None):
-        fullname = self._fix_name(fullname)
-        mod_type = self.etc[2]
-        if mod_type==imp.PKG_DIRECTORY:
-            return self._get_delegate().get_filename()
-        elif mod_type in (imp.PY_SOURCE, imp.PY_COMPILED, imp.C_EXTENSION):
-            return self.filename
-        return None
-
-
 try:
     import zipimport
     from zipimport import zipimporter
diff --git a/Lib/runpy.py b/Lib/runpy.py
index 54fc136d4074f20..42f896c9cd50940 100644
--- a/Lib/runpy.py
+++ b/Lib/runpy.py
@@ -279,12 +279,7 @@ def run_path(path_name, init_globals=None, run_name=None):
     pkg_name = run_name.rpartition(".")[0]
     from pkgutil import get_importer
     importer = get_importer(path_name)
-    # Trying to avoid importing imp so as to not consume the deprecation warning.
-    is_NullImporter = False
-    if type(importer).__module__ == 'imp':
-        if type(importer).__name__ == 'NullImporter':
-            is_NullImporter = True
-    if isinstance(importer, type(None)) or is_NullImporter:
+    if isinstance(importer, type(None)):
         # Not a valid sys.path entry, so run the code directly
         # execfile() doesn't help as we want to allow compiled files
         code, fname = _get_code_from_file(run_name, path_name)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_imp.py b/Lib/test/test_imp.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 446e913e5bf3837..000000000000000
--- a/Lib/test/test_imp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,494 +0,0 @@
-import importlib
-import importlib.util
-import os
-import os.path
-import py_compile
-import sys
-from test import support
-from test.support import import_helper
-from test.support import os_helper
-from test.support import script_helper
-from test.support import warnings_helper
-import unittest
-import warnings
-imp = warnings_helper.import_deprecated('imp')
-import _imp
-
-
-OS_PATH_NAME = os.path.__name__
-
-
-def requires_load_dynamic(meth):
-    """Decorator to skip a test if not running under CPython or lacking
-    imp.load_dynamic()."""
-    meth = support.cpython_only(meth)
-    return unittest.skipIf(getattr(imp, 'load_dynamic', None) is None,
-                           'imp.load_dynamic() required')(meth)
-
-
-class LockTests(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    """Very basic test of import lock functions."""
-
-    def verify_lock_state(self, expected):
-        self.assertEqual(imp.lock_held(), expected,
-                             "expected imp.lock_held() to be %r" % expected)
-    def testLock(self):
-        LOOPS = 50
-
-        # The import lock may already be held, e.g. if the test suite is run
-        # via "import test.autotest".
-        lock_held_at_start = imp.lock_held()
-        self.verify_lock_state(lock_held_at_start)
-
-        for i in range(LOOPS):
-            imp.acquire_lock()
-            self.verify_lock_state(True)
-
-        for i in range(LOOPS):
-            imp.release_lock()
-
-        # The original state should be restored now.
-        self.verify_lock_state(lock_held_at_start)
-
-        if not lock_held_at_start:
-            try:
-                imp.release_lock()
-            except RuntimeError:
-                pass
-            else:
-                self.fail("release_lock() without lock should raise "
-                            "RuntimeError")
-
-class ImportTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        mod = importlib.import_module('test.encoded_modules')
-        self.test_strings = mod.test_strings
-        self.test_path = mod.__path__
-
-    # test_import_encoded_module moved to test_source_encoding.py
-
-    def test_find_module_encoding(self):
-        for mod, encoding, _ in self.test_strings:
-            with imp.find_module('module_' + mod, self.test_path)[0] as fd:
-                self.assertEqual(fd.encoding, encoding)
-
-        path = [os.path.dirname(__file__)]
-        with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
-            imp.find_module('badsyntax_pep3120', path)
-
-    def test_issue1267(self):
-        for mod, encoding, _ in self.test_strings:
-            fp, filename, info  = imp.find_module('module_' + mod,
-                                                  self.test_path)
-            with fp:
-                self.assertNotEqual(fp, None)
-                self.assertEqual(fp.encoding, encoding)
-                self.assertEqual(fp.tell(), 0)
-                self.assertEqual(fp.readline(), '# test %s encoding\n'
-                                 % encoding)
-
-        fp, filename, info = imp.find_module("tokenize")
-        with fp:
-            self.assertNotEqual(fp, None)
-            self.assertEqual(fp.encoding, "utf-8")
-            self.assertEqual(fp.tell(), 0)
-            self.assertEqual(fp.readline(),
-                             '"""Tokenization help for Python programs.\n')
-
-    def test_issue3594(self):
-        temp_mod_name = 'test_imp_helper'
-        sys.path.insert(0, '.')
-        try:
-            with open(temp_mod_name + '.py', 'w', encoding="latin-1") as file:
-                file.write("# coding: cp1252\nu = 'test.test_imp'\n")
-            file, filename, info = imp.find_module(temp_mod_name)
-            file.close()
-            self.assertEqual(file.encoding, 'cp1252')
-        finally:
-            del sys.path[0]
-            os_helper.unlink(temp_mod_name + '.py')
-            os_helper.unlink(temp_mod_name + '.pyc')
-
-    def test_issue5604(self):
-        # Test cannot cover imp.load_compiled function.
-        # Martin von Loewis note what shared library cannot have non-ascii
-        # character because init_xxx function cannot be compiled
-        # and issue never happens for dynamic modules.
-        # But sources modified to follow generic way for processing paths.
-
-        # the return encoding could be uppercase or None
-        fs_encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-
-        # covers utf-8 and Windows ANSI code pages
-        # one non-space symbol from every page
-        # (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page)
-        known_locales = {
-            'utf-8' : b'\xc3\xa4',
-            'cp1250' : b'\x8C',
-            'cp1251' : b'\xc0',
-            'cp1252' : b'\xc0',
-            'cp1253' : b'\xc1',
-            'cp1254' : b'\xc0',
-            'cp1255' : b'\xe0',
-            'cp1256' : b'\xe0',
-            'cp1257' : b'\xc0',
-            'cp1258' : b'\xc0',
-            }
-
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            self.assertEqual(fs_encoding, 'utf-8')
-            # Mac OS X uses the Normal Form D decomposition
-            # http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/qa/qa2001/qa1173.html
-            special_char = b'a\xcc\x88'
-        else:
-            special_char = known_locales.get(fs_encoding)
-
-        if not special_char:
-            self.skipTest("can't run this test with %s as filesystem encoding"
-                          % fs_encoding)
-        decoded_char = special_char.decode(fs_encoding)
-        temp_mod_name = 'test_imp_helper_' + decoded_char
-        test_package_name = 'test_imp_helper_package_' + decoded_char
-        init_file_name = os.path.join(test_package_name, '__init__.py')
-        try:
-            # if the curdir is not in sys.path the test fails when run with
-            # ./python ./Lib/test/regrtest.py test_imp
-            sys.path.insert(0, os.curdir)
-            with open(temp_mod_name + '.py', 'w', encoding="utf-8") as file:
-                file.write('a = 1\n')
-            file, filename, info = imp.find_module(temp_mod_name)
-            with file:
-                self.assertIsNotNone(file)
-                self.assertTrue(filename[:-3].endswith(temp_mod_name))
-                self.assertEqual(info[0], '.py')
-                self.assertEqual(info[1], 'r')
-                self.assertEqual(info[2], imp.PY_SOURCE)
-
-                mod = imp.load_module(temp_mod_name, file, filename, info)
-                self.assertEqual(mod.a, 1)
-
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
-                mod = imp.load_source(temp_mod_name, temp_mod_name + '.py')
-            self.assertEqual(mod.a, 1)
-
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
-                if not sys.dont_write_bytecode:
-                    mod = imp.load_compiled(
-                        temp_mod_name,
-                        imp.cache_from_source(temp_mod_name + '.py'))
-            self.assertEqual(mod.a, 1)
-
-            if not os.path.exists(test_package_name):
-                os.mkdir(test_package_name)
-            with open(init_file_name, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as file:
-                file.write('b = 2\n')
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
-                package = imp.load_package(test_package_name, test_package_name)
-            self.assertEqual(package.b, 2)
-        finally:
-            del sys.path[0]
-            for ext in ('.py', '.pyc'):
-                os_helper.unlink(temp_mod_name + ext)
-                os_helper.unlink(init_file_name + ext)
-            os_helper.rmtree(test_package_name)
-            os_helper.rmtree('__pycache__')
-
-    def test_issue9319(self):
-        path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-        self.assertRaises(SyntaxError,
-                          imp.find_module, "badsyntax_pep3120", [path])
-
-    def test_load_from_source(self):
-        # Verify that the imp module can correctly load and find .py files
-        # XXX (ncoghlan): It would be nice to use import_helper.CleanImport
-        # here, but that breaks because the os module registers some
-        # handlers in copy_reg on import. Since CleanImport doesn't
-        # revert that registration, the module is left in a broken
-        # state after reversion. Reinitialising the module contents
-        # and just reverting os.environ to its previous state is an OK
-        # workaround
-        with import_helper.CleanImport('os', 'os.path', OS_PATH_NAME):
-            import os
-            orig_path = os.path
-            orig_getenv = os.getenv
-            with os_helper.EnvironmentVarGuard():
-                x = imp.find_module("os")
-                self.addCleanup(x[0].close)
-                new_os = imp.load_module("os", *x)
-                self.assertIs(os, new_os)
-                self.assertIs(orig_path, new_os.path)
-                self.assertIsNot(orig_getenv, new_os.getenv)
-
-    @requires_load_dynamic
-    def test_issue15828_load_extensions(self):
-        # Issue 15828 picked up that the adapter between the old imp API
-        # and importlib couldn't handle C extensions
-        example = "_heapq"
-        x = imp.find_module(example)
-        file_ = x[0]
-        if file_ is not None:
-            self.addCleanup(file_.close)
-        mod = imp.load_module(example, *x)
-        self.assertEqual(mod.__name__, example)
-
-    @requires_load_dynamic
-    def test_issue16421_multiple_modules_in_one_dll(self):
-        # Issue 16421: loading several modules from the same compiled file fails
-        m = '_testimportmultiple'
-        fileobj, pathname, description = imp.find_module(m)
-        fileobj.close()
-        mod0 = imp.load_dynamic(m, pathname)
-        mod1 = imp.load_dynamic('_testimportmultiple_foo', pathname)
-        mod2 = imp.load_dynamic('_testimportmultiple_bar', pathname)
-        self.assertEqual(mod0.__name__, m)
-        self.assertEqual(mod1.__name__, '_testimportmultiple_foo')
-        self.assertEqual(mod2.__name__, '_testimportmultiple_bar')
-        with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
-            imp.load_dynamic('nonexistent', pathname)
-
-    @requires_load_dynamic
-    def test_load_dynamic_ImportError_path(self):
-        # Issue #1559549 added `name` and `path` attributes to ImportError
-        # in order to provide better detail. Issue #10854 implemented those
-        # attributes on import failures of extensions on Windows.
-        path = 'bogus file path'
-        name = 'extension'
-        with self.assertRaises(ImportError) as err:
-            imp.load_dynamic(name, path)
-        self.assertIn(path, err.exception.path)
-        self.assertEqual(name, err.exception.name)
-
-    @requires_load_dynamic
-    def test_load_module_extension_file_is_None(self):
-        # When loading an extension module and the file is None, open one
-        # on the behalf of imp.load_dynamic().
-        # Issue #15902
-        name = '_testimportmultiple'
-        found = imp.find_module(name)
-        if found[0] is not None:
-            found[0].close()
-        if found[2][2] != imp.C_EXTENSION:
-            self.skipTest("found module doesn't appear to be a C extension")
-        imp.load_module(name, None, *found[1:])
-
-    @requires_load_dynamic
-    def test_issue24748_load_module_skips_sys_modules_check(self):
-        name = 'test.imp_dummy'
-        try:
-            del sys.modules[name]
-        except KeyError:
-            pass
-        try:
-            module = importlib.import_module(name)
-            spec = importlib.util.find_spec('_testmultiphase')
-            module = imp.load_dynamic(name, spec.origin)
-            self.assertEqual(module.__name__, name)
-            self.assertEqual(module.__spec__.name, name)
-            self.assertEqual(module.__spec__.origin, spec.origin)
-            self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, module, 'dummy_name')
-            self.assertEqual(module.int_const, 1969)
-            self.assertIs(sys.modules[name], module)
-        finally:
-            try:
-                del sys.modules[name]
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
-
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.dont_write_bytecode,
-        "test meaningful only when writing bytecode")
-    def test_bug7732(self):
-        with os_helper.temp_cwd():
-            source = os_helper.TESTFN + '.py'
-            os.mkdir(source)
-            self.assertRaisesRegex(ImportError, '^No module',
-                imp.find_module, os_helper.TESTFN, ["."])
-
-    def test_multiple_calls_to_get_data(self):
-        # Issue #18755: make sure multiple calls to get_data() can succeed.
-        loader = imp._LoadSourceCompatibility('imp', imp.__file__,
-                                              open(imp.__file__, encoding="utf-8"))
-        loader.get_data(imp.__file__)  # File should be closed
-        loader.get_data(imp.__file__)  # Will need to create a newly opened file
-
-    def test_load_source(self):
-        # Create a temporary module since load_source(name) modifies
-        # sys.modules[name] attributes like __loader___
-        modname = f"tmp{__name__}"
-        mod = type(sys.modules[__name__])(modname)
-        with support.swap_item(sys.modules, modname, mod):
-            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'embedded null'):
-                imp.load_source(modname, __file__ + "\0")
-
-    @support.cpython_only
-    def test_issue31315(self):
-        # There shouldn't be an assertion failure in imp.create_dynamic(),
-        # when spec.name is not a string.
-        create_dynamic = support.get_attribute(imp, 'create_dynamic')
-        class BadSpec:
-            name = None
-            origin = 'foo'
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            create_dynamic(BadSpec())
-
-    def test_issue_35321(self):
-        # Both _frozen_importlib and _frozen_importlib_external
-        # should have a spec origin of "frozen" and
-        # no need to clean up imports in this case.
-
-        import _frozen_importlib_external
-        self.assertEqual(_frozen_importlib_external.__spec__.origin, "frozen")
-
-        import _frozen_importlib
-        self.assertEqual(_frozen_importlib.__spec__.origin, "frozen")
-
-    def test_source_hash(self):
-        self.assertEqual(_imp.source_hash(42, b'hi'), b'\xfb\xd9G\x05\xaf$\x9b~')
-        self.assertEqual(_imp.source_hash(43, b'hi'), b'\xd0/\x87C\xccC\xff\xe2')
-
-    def test_pyc_invalidation_mode_from_cmdline(self):
-        cases = [
-            ([], "default"),
-            (["--check-hash-based-pycs", "default"], "default"),
-            (["--check-hash-based-pycs", "always"], "always"),
-            (["--check-hash-based-pycs", "never"], "never"),
-        ]
-        for interp_args, expected in cases:
-            args = interp_args + [
-                "-c",
-                "import _imp; print(_imp.check_hash_based_pycs)",
-            ]
-            res = script_helper.assert_python_ok(*args)
-            self.assertEqual(res.out.strip().decode('utf-8'), expected)
-
-    def test_find_and_load_checked_pyc(self):
-        # issue 34056
-        with os_helper.temp_cwd():
-            with open('mymod.py', 'wb') as fp:
-                fp.write(b'x = 42\n')
-            py_compile.compile(
-                'mymod.py',
-                doraise=True,
-                invalidation_mode=py_compile.PycInvalidationMode.CHECKED_HASH,
-            )
-            file, path, description = imp.find_module('mymod', path=['.'])
-            mod = imp.load_module('mymod', file, path, description)
-        self.assertEqual(mod.x, 42)
-
-    def test_issue98354(self):
-        # _imp.create_builtin should raise TypeError
-        # if 'name' attribute of 'spec' argument is not a 'str' instance
-
-        create_builtin = support.get_attribute(_imp, "create_builtin")
-
-        class FakeSpec:
-            def __init__(self, name):
-                self.name = self
-        spec = FakeSpec("time")
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            create_builtin(spec)
-
-        class FakeSpec2:
-            name = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-        spec = FakeSpec2()
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            create_builtin(spec)
-
-        import builtins
-        class UnicodeSubclass(str):
-            pass
-        class GoodSpec:
-            name = UnicodeSubclass("builtins")
-        spec = GoodSpec()
-        bltin = create_builtin(spec)
-        self.assertEqual(bltin, builtins)
-
-        class UnicodeSubclassFakeSpec(str):
-            def __init__(self, name):
-                self.name = self
-        spec = UnicodeSubclassFakeSpec("builtins")
-        bltin = create_builtin(spec)
-        self.assertEqual(bltin, builtins)
-
-class ReloadTests(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    """Very basic tests to make sure that imp.reload() operates just like
-    reload()."""
-
-    def test_source(self):
-        # XXX (ncoghlan): It would be nice to use test.import_helper.CleanImport
-        # here, but that breaks because the os module registers some
-        # handlers in copy_reg on import. Since CleanImport doesn't
-        # revert that registration, the module is left in a broken
-        # state after reversion. Reinitialising the module contents
-        # and just reverting os.environ to its previous state is an OK
-        # workaround
-        with os_helper.EnvironmentVarGuard():
-            import os
-            imp.reload(os)
-
-    def test_extension(self):
-        with import_helper.CleanImport('time'):
-            import time
-            imp.reload(time)
-
-    def test_builtin(self):
-        with import_helper.CleanImport('marshal'):
-            import marshal
-            imp.reload(marshal)
-
-    def test_with_deleted_parent(self):
-        # see #18681
-        from html import parser
-        html = sys.modules.pop('html')
-        def cleanup():
-            sys.modules['html'] = html
-        self.addCleanup(cleanup)
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ImportError, 'html'):
-            imp.reload(parser)
-
-
-class PEP3147Tests(unittest.TestCase):
-    """Tests of PEP 3147."""
-
-    tag = imp.get_tag()
-
-    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.implementation.cache_tag is not None,
-                         'requires sys.implementation.cache_tag not be None')
-    def test_cache_from_source(self):
-        # Given the path to a .py file, return the path to its PEP 3147
-        # defined .pyc file (i.e. under __pycache__).
-        path = os.path.join('foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'qux.py')
-        expect = os.path.join('foo', 'bar', 'baz', '__pycache__',
-                              'qux.{}.pyc'.format(self.tag))
-        self.assertEqual(imp.cache_from_source(path, True), expect)
-
-    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.implementation.cache_tag is not None,
-                         'requires sys.implementation.cache_tag to not be '
-                         'None')
-    def test_source_from_cache(self):
-        # Given the path to a PEP 3147 defined .pyc file, return the path to
-        # its source.  This tests the good path.
-        path = os.path.join('foo', 'bar', 'baz', '__pycache__',
-                            'qux.{}.pyc'.format(self.tag))
-        expect = os.path.join('foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'qux.py')
-        self.assertEqual(imp.source_from_cache(path), expect)
-
-
-class NullImporterTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    @unittest.skipIf(os_helper.TESTFN_UNENCODABLE is None,
-                     "Need an undecodeable filename")
-    def test_unencodeable(self):
-        name = os_helper.TESTFN_UNENCODABLE
-        os.mkdir(name)
-        try:
-            self.assertRaises(ImportError, imp.NullImporter, name)
-        finally:
-            os.rmdir(name)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py b/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
index 0cc99e0cc227634..4d9f5db3c6b3cf3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
@@ -541,14 +541,6 @@ def check_deprecated(self):
              "Python 3.12; use 'importlib' instead",
              DeprecationWarning))
 
-    def test_importer_deprecated(self):
-        with self.check_deprecated():
-            pkgutil.ImpImporter("")
-
-    def test_loader_deprecated(self):
-        with self.check_deprecated():
-            pkgutil.ImpLoader("", "", "", "")
-
     def test_get_loader_avoids_emulation(self):
         with check_warnings() as w:
             self.assertIsNotNone(pkgutil.get_loader("sys"))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-10-21-17-20-57.gh-issue-98040.3btbmA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-10-21-17-20-57.gh-issue-98040.3btbmA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..f67bffcb0ddc6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-10-21-17-20-57.gh-issue-98040.3btbmA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove the long-deprecated ``imp`` module.