diff -r 4034c96a98a7 Modules/gcmodule.c
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c	Fri May 23 14:09:34 2014 +0300
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c	Fri May 23 09:45:23 2014 -0400
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "frameobject.h"        /* for PyFrame_ClearFreeList */
+#include "pytime.h"             /* for _PyTime_gettimeofday */
 
 /* Get an object's GC head */
 #define AS_GC(o) ((PyGC_Head *)(o)-1)
@@ -166,7 +167,6 @@
                 DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE | \
                 DEBUG_SAVEALL
 static int debug;
-static PyObject *tmod = NULL;
 
 /* Running stats per generation */
 struct gc_generation_stats {
@@ -898,19 +898,9 @@
 get_time(void)
 {
     double result = 0;
-    if (tmod != NULL) {
-        _Py_IDENTIFIER(time);
-
-        PyObject *f = _PyObject_CallMethodId(tmod, &PyId_time, NULL);
-        if (f == NULL) {
-            PyErr_Clear();
-        }
-        else {
-            if (PyFloat_Check(f))
-                result = PyFloat_AsDouble(f);
-            Py_DECREF(f);
-        }
-    }
+    _PyTime_timeval tval;
+    _PyTime_gettimeofday(&tval);
+    result = tval.tv_sec + tval.tv_usec * 1e-6;
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -1587,11 +1577,6 @@
      * reset to 0 before calling collect which trips up
      * the import and triggers an assertion.
      */
-    if (tmod == NULL) {
-        tmod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time");
-        if (tmod == NULL)
-            PyErr_Clear();
-    }
 
 #define ADD_INT(NAME) if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, #NAME, NAME) < 0) return NULL
     ADD_INT(DEBUG_STATS);
@@ -1681,7 +1666,6 @@
 _PyGC_Fini(void)
 {
     Py_CLEAR(callbacks);
-    Py_CLEAR(tmod);
 }
 
 /* for debugging */