diff --git a/Lib/test/lazy_imports_all_exclude.txt b/Lib/test/lazy_imports_all_exclude.txt
index 2680d3b1e4357b7..75689f18f21be36 100644
--- a/Lib/test/lazy_imports_all_exclude.txt
+++ b/Lib/test/lazy_imports_all_exclude.txt
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ test_json
 test_pkg
 test_profile
 test_profiling
-test_pyrepl
 test_subprocess
 test_symtable
 test_tools
 test_trace
 test_type_annotations
-test_unittest
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/__init__.py b/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
index 78ff6bb4fdcce5d..ffe4e913bcad293 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ def testMultiply(self):
                    enterModuleContext)
 from .suite import BaseTestSuite, TestSuite  # noqa: F401
 from .loader import TestLoader, defaultTestLoader
-from .main import TestProgram, main  # noqa: F401
+from .main import TestProgram
+# A lazily imported 'main' would be rebound to the submodule once it loads.
+main = TestProgram
 from .runner import TextTestRunner, TextTestResult
 from .signals import installHandler, registerResult, removeResult, removeHandler
 # IsolatedAsyncioTestCase will be imported lazily.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-24-13-54-51.gh-issue-158086.SYyFaV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-24-13-54-51.gh-issue-158086.SYyFaV.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..202d5814c96410a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-24-13-54-51.gh-issue-158086.SYyFaV.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:func:`unittest.main` no longer resolves to the :mod:`!unittest.main`
+submodule when lazy imports are enabled with ``-X lazy_imports=all``.