diff --git a/Lib/heapq.py b/Lib/heapq.py
index 9649da251f2a83..8015f987530e47 100644
--- a/Lib/heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/heapq.py
@@ -595,9 +595,3 @@ def nlargest(n, iterable, key=None):
     from _heapq import _heappop_max
 except ImportError:
     pass
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-    import doctest # pragma: no cover
-    print(doctest.testmod()) # pragma: no cover