diff --git a/base/util.jl b/base/util.jl
index 847d89e895af4..c91f04e8baf96 100644
--- a/base/util.jl
+++ b/base/util.jl
@@ -694,11 +694,9 @@ function runtests(tests = ["all"]; ncores::Int = ceil(Int, Sys.CPU_THREADS / 2),
         nothing
     catch
         buf = PipeBuffer()
-        original_load_path = copy(Base.LOAD_PATH); empty!(Base.LOAD_PATH); pushfirst!(Base.LOAD_PATH, "@stdlib")
-        let InteractiveUtils = Base.require_stdlib(Base, :InteractiveUtils)
+        let InteractiveUtils = Base.require_stdlib(PkgId(UUID(0xb77e0a4c_d291_57a0_90e8_8db25a27a240), "InteractiveUtils"))
             @invokelatest InteractiveUtils.versioninfo(buf)
         end
-        empty!(Base.LOAD_PATH); append!(Base.LOAD_PATH, original_load_path)
         error("A test has failed. Please submit a bug report (https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues)\n" *
               "including error messages above and the output of versioninfo():\n$(read(buf, String))")
     end