diff --git a/src/gil.rs b/src/gil.rs
index 8d04641063e..ebbf069de6e 100644
--- a/src/gil.rs
+++ b/src/gil.rs
@@ -529,8 +529,17 @@ fn decrement_gil_count() {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    use crate::{types::any::PyAnyMethods, PyObject};
-
+    use crate::types::any::PyAnyMethods;
+    #[cfg(any(
+        feature = "gil-refs",
+        all(not(pyo3_disable_reference_pool), not(target_arch = "wasm32")) // We are building wasm Python with pthreads disabled
+    ))]
+    use crate::PyObject;
+
+    #[cfg(any(
+        feature = "gil-refs",
+        all(not(pyo3_disable_reference_pool), not(target_arch = "wasm32")) // We are building wasm Python with pthreads disabled
+    ))]
     fn get_object(py: Python<'_>) -> PyObject {
         py.eval_bound("object()", None, None).unwrap().unbind()
     }
@@ -622,6 +631,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[cfg(all(not(pyo3_disable_reference_pool), not(target_arch = "wasm32")))] // We are building wasm Python with pthreads disabled
     fn test_pyobject_drop_with_gil_decreases_refcnt() {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let obj = get_object(py);