diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 71a468418..d820c0013 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extern crate log;
 
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use rustpython_vm::{
-    builtins::PyInt, compile, exceptions::print_exception, match_class, scope::Scope, sysmodule,
+    builtins::PyInt, compile, exceptions::print_exception, match_class, scope::Scope, stdlib::sys,
     InitParameter, Interpreter, ItemProtocol, PyResult, PySettings, TypeProtocol, VirtualMachine,
 };
 
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ where
 }
 
 fn flush_std(vm: &VirtualMachine) {
-    if let Ok(stdout) = sysmodule::get_stdout(vm) {
+    if let Ok(stdout) = sys::get_stdout(vm) {
         let _ = vm.call_method(&stdout, "flush", ());
     }
-    if let Ok(stderr) = sysmodule::get_stderr(vm) {
+    if let Ok(stderr) = sys::get_stderr(vm) {
         let _ = vm.call_method(&stderr, "flush", ());
     }
 }
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/make_module.rs b/vm/src/builtins/make_module.rs
index a5eba5f44..f798872ea 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/make_module.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/make_module.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mod decl {
         readline::{Readline, ReadlineResult},
         scope::Scope,
         slots::PyComparisonOp,
-        sysmodule,
+        stdlib::sys,
         utils::Either,
         IdProtocol, ItemProtocol, PyArithmaticValue, PyClassImpl, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyResult,
         PyValue, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol, VirtualMachine,
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ mod decl {
 
     #[pyfunction]
     fn input(prompt: OptionalArg<PyStrRef>, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
-        let stdin = sysmodule::get_stdin(vm)?;
-        let stdout = sysmodule::get_stdout(vm)?;
-        let stderr = sysmodule::get_stderr(vm)?;
+        let stdin = sys::get_stdin(vm)?;
+        let stdout = sys::get_stdout(vm)?;
+        let stderr = sys::get_stderr(vm)?;
 
         let _ = vm.call_method(&stderr, "flush", ());
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ mod decl {
     pub fn print(objects: PosArgs, options: PrintOptions, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
         let file = match options.file {
             Some(f) => f,
-            None => sysmodule::get_stdout(vm)?,
+            None => sys::get_stdout(vm)?,
         };
         let write = |obj: PyStrRef| vm.call_method(&file, "write", (obj,));
 
diff --git a/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index 7e9dc2183..5e8808a86 100644
--- a/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -6,22 +6,23 @@ use crate::{
     },
     function::{ArgIterable, FuncArgs},
     py_io::{self, Write},
-    sysmodule, IdProtocol, IntoPyObject, PyClassImpl, PyContext, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyResult,
-    PyValue, StaticType, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol, VirtualMachine,
+    stdlib::sys,
+    IdProtocol, IntoPyObject, PyClassImpl, PyContext, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyResult, PyValue,
+    StaticType, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol, VirtualMachine,
 };
 use crossbeam_utils::atomic::AtomicCell;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-use std::fmt;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashSet,
+    io::{self, BufRead, BufReader},
+};
 
 pub trait IntoPyException {
     fn into_pyexception(self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyBaseExceptionRef;
 }
 
-impl fmt::Debug for PyBaseException {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+impl std::fmt::Debug for PyBaseException {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
         // TODO: implement more detailed, non-recursive Debug formatter
         f.write_str("PyBaseException")
     }
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ pub fn chain<T>(e1: PyResult<()>, e2: PyResult<T>) -> PyResult<T> {
 /// Print exception chain by calling sys.excepthook
 pub fn print_exception(vm: &VirtualMachine, exc: PyBaseExceptionRef) {
     let write_fallback = |exc, errstr| {
-        if let Ok(stderr) = sysmodule::get_stderr(vm) {
+        if let Ok(stderr) = sys::get_stderr(vm) {
             let mut stderr = py_io::PyWriter(stderr, vm);
             // if this fails stderr might be closed -- ignore it
             let _ = writeln!(stderr, "{}", errstr);
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ fn print_source_line<W: Write>(
 ) -> Result<(), W::Error> {
     // TODO: use io.open() method instead, when available, according to https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Python/traceback.c#L393
     // TODO: support different encodings
-    let file = match File::open(filename) {
+    let file = match std::fs::File::open(filename) {
         Ok(file) => file,
         Err(_) => return Ok(()),
     };
diff --git a/vm/src/lib.rs b/vm/src/lib.rs
index a415c55ae..5b089dafe 100644
--- a/vm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vm/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ mod signal;
 mod sliceable;
 pub mod slots;
 pub mod stdlib;
-pub mod sysmodule;
 pub mod types;
 pub mod utils;
 mod version;
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs
index b4cfaa975..8861c444a 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ mod select;
 pub(crate) mod signal;
 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), feature = "ssl"))]
 mod ssl;
+pub mod sys;
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))]
 mod termios;
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn get_module_inits() -> StdlibMap {
             "unicodedata" => unicodedata::make_module,
             "_warnings" => warnings::make_module,
             "zlib" => zlib::make_module,
-            crate::sysmodule::sysconfigdata_name() => sysconfigdata::make_module,
+            sys::sysconfigdata_name() => sysconfigdata::make_module,
         }
         // parser related modules:
         #[cfg(feature = "rustpython-ast")]
diff --git a/vm/src/sysmodule.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from vm/src/sysmodule.rs
rename to vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs
index b7a8b9226..389d82a5f 100644
--- a/vm/src/sysmodule.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ pub fn get_stderr(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
 /// # Usage
 ///
 /// ```rust,ignore
-/// writeln!(sysmodule::PyStderr(vm), "foo bar baz :)");
+/// writeln!(sys::PyStderr(vm), "foo bar baz :)");
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Unlike writing to a `std::io::Write` with the `write[ln]!()` macro, there's no error condition here;
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/sysconfigdata.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/sysconfigdata.rs
index 995313a01..c36560424 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/sysconfigdata.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/sysconfigdata.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::sysmodule::MULTIARCH;
+use super::sys::MULTIARCH;
 use crate::{IntoPyObject, ItemProtocol, PyObjectRef, VirtualMachine};
 
 pub fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyObjectRef {
diff --git a/vm/src/vm.rs b/vm/src/vm.rs
index 9c14976e8..d9c473c1f 100644
--- a/vm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vm/src/vm.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::{
     scope::Scope,
     signal::NSIG,
     slots::PyComparisonOp,
-    stdlib, sysmodule,
+    stdlib,
     utils::Either,
     IdProtocol, IntoPyObject, ItemProtocol, PyArithmaticValue, PyContext, PyLease, PyMethod,
     PyObject, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyRefExact, PyResult, PyValue, TryFromObject, TryIntoRef,
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
         }
 
         builtins::make_module(self, self.builtins.clone());
-        sysmodule::make_module(self, self.sys_module.clone(), self.builtins.clone());
+        stdlib::sys::make_module(self, self.sys_module.clone(), self.builtins.clone());
 
         let mut inner_init = || -> PyResult<()> {
             #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -475,7 +475,10 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
             if let Err(e) = self.invoke(&func, args) {
                 last_exc = Some(e.clone());
                 if !e.isinstance(&self.ctx.exceptions.system_exit) {
-                    writeln!(sysmodule::PyStderr(self), "Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:");
+                    writeln!(
+                        stdlib::sys::PyStderr(self),
+                        "Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:"
+                    );
                     exceptions::print_exception(self, e);
                 }
             }