diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/lib.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/lib.rs
index e61ae918a78..ae69f6f8673 100644
--- a/crates/stdlib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/stdlib/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@ mod _asyncio;
 pub mod array;
 mod binascii;
 mod bisect;
+mod bz2;
 mod cmath;
+mod compression; // internal module
 mod contextvars;
 mod csv;
-mod gc;
-
-mod bz2;
-mod compression; // internal module
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 mod lzma;
 mod zlib;
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ pub fn stdlib_module_defs(ctx: &Context) -> Vec<&'static builtins::PyModuleDef>
         faulthandler::module_def(ctx),
         #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
         fcntl::module_def(ctx),
-        gc::module_def(ctx),
         #[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "redox"))))]
         grp::module_def(ctx),
         hashlib::module_def(ctx),
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/object/core.rs b/crates/vm/src/object/core.rs
index 256d45070b3..21b789bac04 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/object/core.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/object/core.rs
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ impl PyObject {
     /// Check if the object has been finalized (__del__ already called).
     /// _PyGC_FINALIZED in Py_GIL_DISABLED mode.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn gc_finalized(&self) -> bool {
+    pub(crate) fn gc_finalized(&self) -> bool {
         GcBits::from_bits_retain(self.0.gc_bits.load(Ordering::Relaxed)).contains(GcBits::FINALIZED)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/gc.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/gc.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/stdlib/src/gc.rs
rename to crates/vm/src/stdlib/gc.rs
index 4887e35f584..82b0c68bd9e 100644
--- a/crates/stdlib/src/gc.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/gc.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pub(crate) use gc::module_def;
 
 #[pymodule]
 mod gc {
-    use crate::vm::{
+    use crate::{
         PyObjectRef, PyResult, VirtualMachine,
         builtins::PyListRef,
         function::{FuncArgs, OptionalArg},
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ mod gc {
     /// Return True if the object has been finalized by the garbage collector.
     #[pyfunction]
     fn is_finalized(obj: PyObjectRef) -> bool {
-        // Check the per-object finalized flag directly
         obj.gc_finalized()
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs
index 088abc5b4a6..1d401e50e02 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ mod codecs;
 mod collections;
 pub mod errno;
 mod functools;
+mod gc;
 mod imp;
 pub mod io;
 mod itertools;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ pub fn builtin_module_defs(ctx: &Context) -> Vec<&'static PyModuleDef> {
         ctypes::module_def(ctx),
         errno::module_def(ctx),
         functools::module_def(ctx),
+        gc::module_def(ctx),
         imp::module_def(ctx),
         io::module_def(ctx),
         itertools::module_def(ctx),