diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
index 18eb43f2a..d60cb7691 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
@@ -1605,8 +1605,7 @@ def _setup(_bootstrap_module):
     setattr(self_module, '_weakref', weakref_module)
 
     # Directly load the winreg module (needed during bootstrap).
-    # XXX RustPython TODO: winreg module
-    if builtin_os == 'nt' and False:
+    if builtin_os == 'nt':
         winreg_module = _bootstrap._builtin_from_name('winreg')
         setattr(self_module, '_winreg', winreg_module)