diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
@@ -710,10 +710,7 @@ class FrozenImporter:
         """Load a frozen module."""
         is_reload = fullname in sys.modules
         try:
-            m = _call_with_frames_removed(_imp.init_frozen, fullname)
-            # Let our own module_repr() method produce a suitable repr.
-            del m.__file__
-            return m
+            return _call_with_frames_removed(_imp.init_frozen, fullname)
         except:
             if not is_reload and fullname in sys.modules:
                 del sys.modules[fullname]
diff --git a/Tools/freeze/freeze.py b/Tools/freeze/freeze.py
--- a/Tools/freeze/freeze.py
+++ b/Tools/freeze/freeze.py
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ def main():
         else:
             mf.load_file(mod)
 
+    # Alias "importlib._bootstrap" to "_frozen_importlib" so that the
+    # import machinery can bootstrap.
+    mf.modules["_frozen_importlib"] = mf.modules["importlib._bootstrap"]
+
     # Add the main script as either __main__, or the actual module name.
     if python_entry_is_main:
         mf.run_script(scriptfile)
diff --git a/Tools/freeze/makeconfig.py b/Tools/freeze/makeconfig.py
--- a/Tools/freeze/makeconfig.py
+++ b/Tools/freeze/makeconfig.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import sys
 
 # Write the config.c file
 
-never = ['marshal', 'imp', '_ast', '__main__', 'builtins',
+never = ['marshal', '_imp', '_ast', '__main__', 'builtins',
          'sys', 'gc', '_warnings']
 
 def makeconfig(infp, outfp, modules, with_ifdef=0):