diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
index 36f87e259e794d..ff94d9d34515b9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Most tests are executed with environment variables ignored
 # See test_cmd_line_script.py for testing of script execution
 
+import io
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -971,11 +972,19 @@ def test_python_legacy_windows_fs_encoding(self):
         self.assertIn(expected.encode(), out)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(support.MS_WINDOWS, 'Test only applicable on Windows')
+    @unittest.skipUnless(type(sys.stdin.buffer.raw) == io._WindowsConsoleIO,
+                         'Requires real console handles')
     def test_python_legacy_windows_stdio(self):
-        code = "import sys; print(sys.stdin.encoding, sys.stdout.encoding)"
-        expected = 'cp'
-        rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-c', code, PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO='1')
-        self.assertIn(expected.encode(), out)
+        code = "import sys; print(sys.stdin.encoding, sys.stdout.encoding, file=sys.stderr)"
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO'] = '1'
+        # Use Popen directly to ensure stdin/out are console handles
+        p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, '-c', code],
+                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
+        out = p.stderr.read()
+        p.stderr.close()
+        p.wait()
+        self.assertNotIn(b'utf-8', out)
 
     @unittest.skipIf("-fsanitize" in sysconfig.get_config_vars().get('PY_CFLAGS', ()),
                      "PYTHONMALLOCSTATS doesn't work with ASAN")