1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index c0d9c6f79..c3ccb3a78 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import calendar
 import codecs
 import collections
 import contextlib
-import ctypes
 import datetime
 import email.header
 import email.utils
@@ -1983,6 +1982,7 @@ class LockingUnsupportedError(OSError):
 
 # Cross-platform file locking
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    import ctypes
     import ctypes.wintypes
     import msvcrt
 
@@ -2362,9 +2362,10 @@ def fix_xml_ampersands(xml_str):
 def setproctitle(title):
     assert isinstance(title, str)
 
-    # ctypes in Jython is not complete
-    # http://bugs.jython.org/issue2148
-    if sys.platform.startswith('java'):
+    # Workaround for https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4541
+    try:
+        import ctypes
+    except ImportError:
         return
 
     try: