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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Tests cuda.core.__init__.py does not import duplicate modules."""
+
+import sys
+
+from cuda import bindings
+
+cuda_major = bindings.__version__.split(".")[0]
+
+
+def test_typing_module_imports():
+    """
+    Importing cuda.core.system should not also import cuda.core.cuXX.system
+    """
+
+    assert "cuda.core.system" in sys.modules
+    assert f"cuda.core.cu{cuda_major}.system" not in sys.modules