diff --git a/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py b/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py
index fcc37ac5..326cb346 100644
--- a/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py
+++ b/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 import stat
+import sys
 import unittest.mock as mock
 from distutils import dir_util, errors
 from distutils.dir_util import (
@@ -106,8 +107,9 @@ def test_copy_tree_exception_in_listdir(self):
         """
         An exception in listdir should raise a DistutilsFileError
         """
-        with mock.patch("os.listdir", side_effect=OSError()), pytest.raises(
-            errors.DistutilsFileError
+        with (
+            mock.patch("os.listdir", side_effect=OSError()),
+            pytest.raises(errors.DistutilsFileError),
         ):
             src = self.tempdirs[-1]
             dir_util.copy_tree(src, None)
@@ -123,6 +125,9 @@ class FailPath(pathlib.Path):
             def mkdir(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 raise OSError("Failed to create directory")
 
+            if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+                _flavour = pathlib.Path()._flavour
+
         target = tmp_path / 'foodir'
 
         with pytest.raises(errors.DistutilsFileError):