diff -r b0c4c7f04f05 Lib/test/test_site.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_site.py	Sun Dec 01 13:23:48 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_site.py	Sun Dec 01 22:24:28 2013 +0800
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@
 if "site" in sys.modules:
     import site
 else:
-    raise unittest.SkipTest("importation of site.py suppressed")
+    site = None
 
-if site.ENABLE_USER_SITE and not os.path.isdir(site.USER_SITE):
+if (site is not None and
+    site.ENABLE_USER_SITE and
+    not os.path.isdir(site.USER_SITE)):
     # need to add user site directory for tests
     os.makedirs(site.USER_SITE)
     site.addsitedir(site.USER_SITE)
 
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(site, "importation of site.py suppressed")
 class HelperFunctionsTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for helper functions.
     """
@@ -163,8 +167,9 @@
         finally:
             pth_file.cleanup()
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(site.ENABLE_USER_SITE, "requires access to PEP 370 "
-                          "user-site (site.ENABLE_USER_SITE)")
+    @unittest.skipUnless(site is not None and site.ENABLE_USER_SITE,
+                         "requires access to PEP 370 user-site "
+                         "(site.ENABLE_USER_SITE)")
     def test_s_option(self):
         usersite = site.USER_SITE
         self.assertIn(usersite, sys.path)
@@ -257,6 +262,7 @@
             wanted = os.path.join('xoxo', 'lib', 'site-packages')
             self.assertEqual(dirs[1], wanted)
 
+
 class PthFile(object):
     """Helper class for handling testing of .pth files"""
 
@@ -312,6 +318,8 @@
         if os.path.exists(self.bad_dir_path):
             os.rmdir(self.bad_dir_path)
 
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(site, "importation of site.py suppressed")
 class ImportSideEffectTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test side-effects from importing 'site'."""
 
@@ -428,6 +436,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(code, 200, msg="Can't find " + url)
 
 
+@unittest.skipUnless(site, "importation of site.py suppressed")
 class StartupImportTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_startup_imports(self):