{ local %INC; delete $INC{YAML.pm}; # make sure YAML isn't loaded $INC{'YAML/Syck.pm'} = 1; # fake loading of YAML::Syck sub YAML::Syck::import { die } require My::Module; ok( $INC{'YAML.pm'}, 'YAML loaded when YAML::Syck not present' ); }