diff --git a/Lib/test/test__colorize.py b/Lib/test/test__colorize.py
index 056a5306ced..42ee7b50a2a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test__colorize.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test__colorize.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from test.support.os_helper import EnvironmentVarGuard
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def clear_env():
     with EnvironmentVarGuard() as mock_env:
-        for var in "FORCE_COLOR", "NO_COLOR", "PYTHON_COLORS":
+        for var in "FORCE_COLOR", "NO_COLOR", "PYTHON_COLORS", "TERM":
             mock_env.unset(var)
         yield mock_env
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2025-02-20-13-39-12.gh-issue-130293.5igSsu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2025-02-20-13-39-12.gh-issue-130293.5igSsu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40c1784f6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2025-02-20-13-39-12.gh-issue-130293.5igSsu.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The tests of terminal colorization are no longer sensitive to the value of
+the ``TERM`` variable in the testing environment.
diff --git a/iOS/testbed/iOSTestbedTests/iOSTestbedTests.m b/iOS/testbed/iOSTestbedTests/iOSTestbedTests.m
index 6db38253396..dd6e76f9496 100644
--- a/iOS/testbed/iOSTestbedTests/iOSTestbedTests.m
+++ b/iOS/testbed/iOSTestbedTests/iOSTestbedTests.m
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     // Xcode log can't display color. Stdout will report that it is *not* a
     // TTY.
     setenv("NO_COLOR", "1", true);
-    setenv("PY_COLORS", "0", true);
+    setenv("PYTHON_COLORS", "0", true);
 
     // Arguments to pass into the test suite runner.
     // argv[0] must identify the process; any subsequent arg