diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-12-12-17-21-45.gh-issue-127865.30GDzs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-12-12-17-21-45.gh-issue-127865.30GDzs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3fc1d8a1b51d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-12-12-17-21-45.gh-issue-127865.30GDzs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix build failure on systems without thread-locals support.
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index ea5a3e4a7622d0..755a6e45e6afa3 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ const char *
 _PyImport_ResolveNameWithPackageContext(const char *name)
 {
 #ifndef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL
-    PyThread_acquire_lock(EXTENSIONS.mutex, WAIT_LOCK);
+    PyMutex_Lock(&EXTENSIONS.mutex);
 #endif
     if (PKGCONTEXT != NULL) {
         const char *p = strrchr(PKGCONTEXT, '.');
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ _PyImport_ResolveNameWithPackageContext(const char *name)
         }
     }
 #ifndef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL
-    PyThread_release_lock(EXTENSIONS.mutex);
+    PyMutex_Unlock(&EXTENSIONS.mutex);
 #endif
     return name;
 }
@@ -766,12 +766,12 @@ const char *
 _PyImport_SwapPackageContext(const char *newcontext)
 {
 #ifndef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL
-    PyThread_acquire_lock(EXTENSIONS.mutex, WAIT_LOCK);
+    PyMutex_Lock(&EXTENSIONS.mutex);
 #endif
     const char *oldcontext = PKGCONTEXT;
     PKGCONTEXT = newcontext;
 #ifndef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL
-    PyThread_release_lock(EXTENSIONS.mutex);
+    PyMutex_Unlock(&EXTENSIONS.mutex);
 #endif
     return oldcontext;
 }