diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py b/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
index 158f27dce4fdc2..d042ca1811d18d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     has_c_implementation = False
 
 support.requires('xpickle')
+support.requires('cpu')
 
 is_windows = sys.platform.startswith('win')
 
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ def have_python_version(py_version):
     return py_executable_map.get(py_version, None)
 
 
-@support.requires_resource('cpu')
 class AbstractCompatTests(pickletester.AbstractPickleTests):
     py_version = None