diff --git a/src/sage/__init__.py b/src/sage/__init__.py
index c9ab41a32ad..a5fc2015841 100644
--- a/src/sage/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sage/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # It will be removed soon in order to turn 'sage' into a native namespace package.
 # See https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29705
 
-import sys
 
 # IPython calls this when starting up
 def load_ipython_extension(*args):
@@ -51,41 +50,3 @@ def isfunction(obj):
 
 import inspect
 inspect.isfunction = isfunction
-
-
-# Work around a Cygwin-specific bug caused by sqlite3; see
-# https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/30157 and the docstring for
-# fix_for_ticket_30157
-# Here we monkey-patch the sqlite3 module to ensure the fix is
-# applied the very first time a connection is made to a sqlite3
-# database
-if sys.platform == 'cygwin':
-    def patch_sqlite3():
-        try:
-            from sage.misc.sage_ostools import fix_for_ticket_30157
-        except ImportError:
-            # The module might not have been re-built yet; don't worry about it
-            # then
-            return
-
-        import sqlite3
-        import functools
-        orig_sqlite3_connect = sqlite3.connect
-
-        @functools.wraps(orig_sqlite3_connect)
-        def connect(*args, **kwargs):
-            if fix_for_ticket_30157():
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    'patch for Trac ticket #30157 failed; please report this '
-                    'bug to https://trac.sagemath.org')
-
-            # Undo the monkey-patch
-            try:
-                return orig_sqlite3_connect(*args, **kwargs)
-            finally:
-                sqlite3.connect = orig_sqlite3_connect
-
-        sqlite3.connect = connect
-
-    patch_sqlite3()
-    del patch_sqlite3
diff --git a/src/sage/cpython/__init__.py b/src/sage/cpython/__init__.py
index e372ebdd5bc..c158a73f1fa 100644
--- a/src/sage/cpython/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sage/cpython/__init__.py
@@ -13,3 +13,42 @@
 # of Cython files. See https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/24681
 from importlib.machinery import ExtensionFileLoader as _ExtensionFileLoader
 del _ExtensionFileLoader.get_source
+
+
+# Work around a Cygwin-specific bug caused by sqlite3; see
+# https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/30157 and the docstring for
+# fix_for_ticket_30157
+# Here we monkey-patch the sqlite3 module to ensure the fix is
+# applied the very first time a connection is made to a sqlite3
+# database
+import sys as _sys
+if _sys.platform == 'cygwin':
+    def _patch_sqlite3():
+        try:
+            from sage.misc.sage_ostools import fix_for_ticket_30157
+        except ImportError:
+            # The module might not have been re-built yet; don't worry about it
+            # then
+            return
+
+        import sqlite3
+        import functools
+        orig_sqlite3_connect = sqlite3.connect
+
+        @functools.wraps(orig_sqlite3_connect)
+        def connect(*args, **kwargs):
+            if fix_for_ticket_30157():
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    'patch for Trac ticket #30157 failed; please report this '
+                    'bug to https://trac.sagemath.org')
+
+            # Undo the monkey-patch
+            try:
+                return orig_sqlite3_connect(*args, **kwargs)
+            finally:
+                sqlite3.connect = orig_sqlite3_connect
+
+        sqlite3.connect = connect
+
+    _patch_sqlite3()
+    del _patch_sqlite3