diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_utils.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_utils.py
index 25fa48c5ee217b..c9d973df0a2192 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_utils.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import unittest
 import sys
 import os.path
+import zoneinfo
 
 class DateTimeTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -142,13 +143,9 @@ def test_localtime_epoch_notz_daylight_false(self):
         t2 = utils.localtime(t0.replace(tzinfo=None))
         self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
 
-    # XXX: Need a more robust test for Olson's tzdata
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith('win'),
-                     "Windows does not use Olson's TZ database")
-    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists('/usr/share/zoneinfo') or
-                         os.path.exists('/usr/lib/zoneinfo'),
-                         "Can't find the Olson's TZ database")
-    @test.support.run_with_tz('Europe/Kiev')
+    @unittest.skipUnless("Europe/Kyiv" in zoneinfo.available_timezones(),
+                         "Can't find a Kyiv timezone database")
+    @test.support.run_with_tz('Europe/Kyiv')
     def test_variable_tzname(self):
         t0 = datetime.datetime(1984, 1, 1, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
         t1 = utils.localtime(t0)