diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 6c69c11ccaa..e4437f4106b 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -1452,6 +1452,8 @@ name.
 
 .. module:: distutils.sysconfig
    :synopsis: Low-level access to configuration information of the Python interpreter.
+.. deprecated:: 3.10
+   :mod:`distutils.sysconfig` has been merged into :mod:`sysconfig`.
 .. moduleauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
 .. moduleauthor:: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
 .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
@@ -1510,6 +1512,9 @@ for other parts of the :mod:`distutils` package.
    meaning for other platforms will vary.  The file is a platform-specific text
    file, if it exists. This function is only useful on POSIX platforms.
 
+The following functions are deprecated together with this module and they
+have no direct replacement.
+
 
 .. function:: get_python_inc([plat_specific[, prefix]])
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
index c9306e9bf9d..d4463f39fda 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ Other functions
 
    Return the path of :file:`Makefile`.
 
+
 Using :mod:`sysconfig` as a script
 ----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/extension.py b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
index c507da360aa..e85032ece89 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/extension.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Provides the Extension class, used to describe C/C++ extension
 modules in setup scripts."""
 
 import os
+import re
 import warnings
 
 # This class is really only used by the "build_ext" command, so it might
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ def read_setup_file(filename):
             line = file.readline()
             if line is None:                # eof
                 break
-            if _variable_rx.match(line):    # VAR=VALUE, handled in first pass
+            if re.match(_variable_rx, line):    # VAR=VALUE, handled in first pass
                 continue
 
             if line[0] == line[-1] == "*":
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
index 37feae5df72..439040deb56 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -13,56 +13,71 @@ import _imp
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import warnings
+
+from functools import partial
 
 from .errors import DistutilsPlatformError
 
-# These are needed in a couple of spots, so just compute them once.
-PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
-EXEC_PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)
-BASE_PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.base_prefix)
-BASE_EXEC_PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.base_exec_prefix)
+from sysconfig import (
+    _PREFIX as PREFIX,
+    _BASE_PREFIX as BASE_PREFIX,
+    _EXEC_PREFIX as EXEC_PREFIX,
+    _BASE_EXEC_PREFIX as BASE_EXEC_PREFIX,
+    _PROJECT_BASE as project_base,
+    _PYTHON_BUILD as python_build,
+    _init_posix as sysconfig_init_posix,
+    parse_config_h as sysconfig_parse_config_h,
+    _parse_makefile as sysconfig_parse_makefile,
 
-# Path to the base directory of the project. On Windows the binary may
-# live in project/PCbuild/win32 or project/PCbuild/amd64.
-# set for cross builds
-if "_PYTHON_PROJECT_BASE" in os.environ:
-    project_base = os.path.abspath(os.environ["_PYTHON_PROJECT_BASE"])
-else:
-    if sys.executable:
-        project_base = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
-    else:
-        # sys.executable can be empty if argv[0] has been changed and Python is
-        # unable to retrieve the real program name
-        project_base = os.getcwd()
+    _init_non_posix,
+    _is_python_source_dir,
+    _sys_home,
+
+    _variable_rx,
+    _findvar1_rx,
+    _findvar2_rx,
+
+    expand_makefile_vars,
+    is_python_build,
+    get_config_h_filename,
+    get_config_var,
+    get_config_vars,
+    get_makefile_filename,
+    get_python_version,
+)
+
+# This is better than
+# from sysconfig import _CONFIG_VARS as _config_vars
+# because it makes sure that the global dictionary is initialized
+# which might not be true in the time of import.
+_config_vars = get_config_vars()
+
+if os.name == "nt":
+    from sysconfig import _fix_pcbuild
+
+warnings.warn(
+    'the distutils.sysconfig module is deprecated, use sysconfig instead',
+    DeprecationWarning,
+    stacklevel=2
+)
 
 
-# python_build: (Boolean) if true, we're either building Python or
-# building an extension with an un-installed Python, so we use
-# different (hard-wired) directories.
-def _is_python_source_dir(d):
-    for fn in ("Setup", "Setup.local"):
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(d, "Modules", fn)):
-            return True
-    return False
+# Following functions are the same as in sysconfig but with different API
+def parse_config_h(fp, g=None):
+    return sysconfig_parse_config_h(fp, vars=g)
 
-_sys_home = getattr(sys, '_home', None)
 
-if os.name == 'nt':
-    def _fix_pcbuild(d):
-        if d and os.path.normcase(d).startswith(
-                os.path.normcase(os.path.join(PREFIX, "PCbuild"))):
-            return PREFIX
-        return d
-    project_base = _fix_pcbuild(project_base)
-    _sys_home = _fix_pcbuild(_sys_home)
+def parse_makefile(fn, g=None):
+    return sysconfig_parse_makefile(fn, vars=g, keep_unresolved=False)
 
-def _python_build():
-    if _sys_home:
-        return _is_python_source_dir(_sys_home)
-    return _is_python_source_dir(project_base)
+_python_build = partial(is_python_build, check_home=True)
+_init_posix = partial(sysconfig_init_posix, _config_vars)
+_init_nt = partial(_init_non_posix, _config_vars)
 
-python_build = _python_build()
 
+# Following functions are deprecated together with this module and they
+# have no direct replacement
 
 # Calculate the build qualifier flags if they are defined.  Adding the flags
 # to the include and lib directories only makes sense for an installation, not
@@ -76,12 +91,76 @@ except AttributeError:
     # this attribute, which is fine.
     pass
 
-def get_python_version():
-    """Return a string containing the major and minor Python version,
-    leaving off the patchlevel.  Sample return values could be '1.5'
-    or '2.2'.
+
+def customize_compiler(compiler):
+    """Do any platform-specific customization of a CCompiler instance.
+
+    Mainly needed on Unix, so we can plug in the information that
+    varies across Unices and is stored in Python's Makefile.
     """
-    return '%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2]
+    if compiler.compiler_type == "unix":
+        if sys.platform == "darwin":
+            # Perform first-time customization of compiler-related
+            # config vars on OS X now that we know we need a compiler.
+            # This is primarily to support Pythons from binary
+            # installers.  The kind and paths to build tools on
+            # the user system may vary significantly from the system
+            # that Python itself was built on.  Also the user OS
+            # version and build tools may not support the same set
+            # of CPU architectures for universal builds.
+            if not _config_vars.get('CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'):
+                import _osx_support
+                _osx_support.customize_compiler(_config_vars)
+                _config_vars['CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'] = 'True'
+
+        (cc, cxx, cflags, ccshared, ldshared, shlib_suffix, ar, ar_flags) = \
+            get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'CFLAGS',
+                            'CCSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'SHLIB_SUFFIX', 'AR', 'ARFLAGS')
+
+        if 'CC' in os.environ:
+            newcc = os.environ['CC']
+            if (sys.platform == 'darwin'
+                    and 'LDSHARED' not in os.environ
+                    and ldshared.startswith(cc)):
+                # On OS X, if CC is overridden, use that as the default
+                #       command for LDSHARED as well
+                ldshared = newcc + ldshared[len(cc):]
+            cc = newcc
+        if 'CXX' in os.environ:
+            cxx = os.environ['CXX']
+        if 'LDSHARED' in os.environ:
+            ldshared = os.environ['LDSHARED']
+        if 'CPP' in os.environ:
+            cpp = os.environ['CPP']
+        else:
+            cpp = cc + " -E"           # not always
+        if 'LDFLAGS' in os.environ:
+            ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['LDFLAGS']
+        if 'CFLAGS' in os.environ:
+            cflags = cflags + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
+            ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
+        if 'CPPFLAGS' in os.environ:
+            cpp = cpp + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
+            cflags = cflags + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
+            ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
+        if 'AR' in os.environ:
+            ar = os.environ['AR']
+        if 'ARFLAGS' in os.environ:
+            archiver = ar + ' ' + os.environ['ARFLAGS']
+        else:
+            archiver = ar + ' ' + ar_flags
+
+        cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + cflags
+        compiler.set_executables(
+            preprocessor=cpp,
+            compiler=cc_cmd,
+            compiler_so=cc_cmd + ' ' + ccshared,
+            compiler_cxx=cxx,
+            linker_so=ldshared,
+            linker_exe=cc,
+            archiver=archiver)
+
+        compiler.shared_lib_extension = shlib_suffix
 
 
 def get_python_inc(plat_specific=0, prefix=None):
@@ -167,389 +246,3 @@ def get_python_lib(plat_specific=0, standard_lib=0, prefix=None):
         raise DistutilsPlatformError(
             "I don't know where Python installs its library "
             "on platform '%s'" % os.name)
-
-
-
-def customize_compiler(compiler):
-    """Do any platform-specific customization of a CCompiler instance.
-
-    Mainly needed on Unix, so we can plug in the information that
-    varies across Unices and is stored in Python's Makefile.
-    """
-    if compiler.compiler_type == "unix":
-        if sys.platform == "darwin":
-            # Perform first-time customization of compiler-related
-            # config vars on OS X now that we know we need a compiler.
-            # This is primarily to support Pythons from binary
-            # installers.  The kind and paths to build tools on
-            # the user system may vary significantly from the system
-            # that Python itself was built on.  Also the user OS
-            # version and build tools may not support the same set
-            # of CPU architectures for universal builds.
-            global _config_vars
-            # Use get_config_var() to ensure _config_vars is initialized.
-            if not get_config_var('CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'):
-                import _osx_support
-                _osx_support.customize_compiler(_config_vars)
-                _config_vars['CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'] = 'True'
-
-        (cc, cxx, cflags, ccshared, ldshared, shlib_suffix, ar, ar_flags) = \
-            get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'CFLAGS',
-                            'CCSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'SHLIB_SUFFIX', 'AR', 'ARFLAGS')
-
-        if 'CC' in os.environ:
-            newcc = os.environ['CC']
-            if (sys.platform == 'darwin'
-                    and 'LDSHARED' not in os.environ
-                    and ldshared.startswith(cc)):
-                # On OS X, if CC is overridden, use that as the default
-                #       command for LDSHARED as well
-                ldshared = newcc + ldshared[len(cc):]
-            cc = newcc
-        if 'CXX' in os.environ:
-            cxx = os.environ['CXX']
-        if 'LDSHARED' in os.environ:
-            ldshared = os.environ['LDSHARED']
-        if 'CPP' in os.environ:
-            cpp = os.environ['CPP']
-        else:
-            cpp = cc + " -E"           # not always
-        if 'LDFLAGS' in os.environ:
-            ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['LDFLAGS']
-        if 'CFLAGS' in os.environ:
-            cflags = cflags + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
-            ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
-        if 'CPPFLAGS' in os.environ:
-            cpp = cpp + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
-            cflags = cflags + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
-            ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
-        if 'AR' in os.environ:
-            ar = os.environ['AR']
-        if 'ARFLAGS' in os.environ:
-            archiver = ar + ' ' + os.environ['ARFLAGS']
-        else:
-            archiver = ar + ' ' + ar_flags
-
-        cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + cflags
-        compiler.set_executables(
-            preprocessor=cpp,
-            compiler=cc_cmd,
-            compiler_so=cc_cmd + ' ' + ccshared,
-            compiler_cxx=cxx,
-            linker_so=ldshared,
-            linker_exe=cc,
-            archiver=archiver)
-
-        compiler.shared_lib_extension = shlib_suffix
-
-
-def get_config_h_filename():
-    """Return full pathname of installed pyconfig.h file."""
-    if python_build:
-        if os.name == "nt":
-            inc_dir = os.path.join(_sys_home or project_base, "PC")
-        else:
-            inc_dir = _sys_home or project_base
-    else:
-        inc_dir = get_python_inc(plat_specific=1)
-
-    return os.path.join(inc_dir, 'pyconfig.h')
-
-
-def get_makefile_filename():
-    """Return full pathname of installed Makefile from the Python build."""
-    if python_build:
-        return os.path.join(_sys_home or project_base, "Makefile")
-    lib_dir = get_python_lib(plat_specific=0, standard_lib=1)
-    config_file = 'config-{}{}'.format(get_python_version(), build_flags)
-    if hasattr(sys.implementation, '_multiarch'):
-        config_file += '-%s' % sys.implementation._multiarch
-    return os.path.join(lib_dir, config_file, 'Makefile')
-
-
-def parse_config_h(fp, g=None):
-    """Parse a config.h-style file.
-
-    A dictionary containing name/value pairs is returned.  If an
-    optional dictionary is passed in as the second argument, it is
-    used instead of a new dictionary.
-    """
-    if g is None:
-        g = {}
-    define_rx = re.compile("#define ([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]+) (.*)\n")
-    undef_rx = re.compile("/[*] #undef ([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]+) [*]/\n")
-    #
-    while True:
-        line = fp.readline()
-        if not line:
-            break
-        m = define_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            n, v = m.group(1, 2)
-            try: v = int(v)
-            except ValueError: pass
-            g[n] = v
-        else:
-            m = undef_rx.match(line)
-            if m:
-                g[m.group(1)] = 0
-    return g
-
-
-# Regexes needed for parsing Makefile (and similar syntaxes,
-# like old-style Setup files).
-_variable_rx = re.compile(r"([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\s*=\s*(.*)")
-_findvar1_rx = re.compile(r"\$\(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\)")
-_findvar2_rx = re.compile(r"\${([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)}")
-
-def parse_makefile(fn, g=None):
-    """Parse a Makefile-style file.
-
-    A dictionary containing name/value pairs is returned.  If an
-    optional dictionary is passed in as the second argument, it is
-    used instead of a new dictionary.
-    """
-    from distutils.text_file import TextFile
-    fp = TextFile(fn, strip_comments=1, skip_blanks=1, join_lines=1, errors="surrogateescape")
-
-    if g is None:
-        g = {}
-    done = {}
-    notdone = {}
-
-    while True:
-        line = fp.readline()
-        if line is None: # eof
-            break
-        m = _variable_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            n, v = m.group(1, 2)
-            v = v.strip()
-            # `$$' is a literal `$' in make
-            tmpv = v.replace('$$', '')
-
-            if "$" in tmpv:
-                notdone[n] = v
-            else:
-                try:
-                    v = int(v)
-                except ValueError:
-                    # insert literal `$'
-                    done[n] = v.replace('$$', '$')
-                else:
-                    done[n] = v
-
-    # Variables with a 'PY_' prefix in the makefile. These need to
-    # be made available without that prefix through sysconfig.
-    # Special care is needed to ensure that variable expansion works, even
-    # if the expansion uses the name without a prefix.
-    renamed_variables = ('CFLAGS', 'LDFLAGS', 'CPPFLAGS')
-
-    # do variable interpolation here
-    while notdone:
-        for name in list(notdone):
-            value = notdone[name]
-            m = _findvar1_rx.search(value) or _findvar2_rx.search(value)
-            if m:
-                n = m.group(1)
-                found = True
-                if n in done:
-                    item = str(done[n])
-                elif n in notdone:
-                    # get it on a subsequent round
-                    found = False
-                elif n in os.environ:
-                    # do it like make: fall back to environment
-                    item = os.environ[n]
-
-                elif n in renamed_variables:
-                    if name.startswith('PY_') and name[3:] in renamed_variables:
-                        item = ""
-
-                    elif 'PY_' + n in notdone:
-                        found = False
-
-                    else:
-                        item = str(done['PY_' + n])
-                else:
-                    done[n] = item = ""
-                if found:
-                    after = value[m.end():]
-                    value = value[:m.start()] + item + after
-                    if "$" in after:
-                        notdone[name] = value
-                    else:
-                        try: value = int(value)
-                        except ValueError:
-                            done[name] = value.strip()
-                        else:
-                            done[name] = value
-                        del notdone[name]
-
-                        if name.startswith('PY_') \
-                            and name[3:] in renamed_variables:
-
-                            name = name[3:]
-                            if name not in done:
-                                done[name] = value
-            else:
-                # bogus variable reference; just drop it since we can't deal
-                del notdone[name]
-
-    fp.close()
-
-    # strip spurious spaces
-    for k, v in done.items():
-        if isinstance(v, str):
-            done[k] = v.strip()
-
-    # save the results in the global dictionary
-    g.update(done)
-    return g
-
-
-def expand_makefile_vars(s, vars):
-    """Expand Makefile-style variables -- "${foo}" or "$(foo)" -- in
-    'string' according to 'vars' (a dictionary mapping variable names to
-    values).  Variables not present in 'vars' are silently expanded to the
-    empty string.  The variable values in 'vars' should not contain further
-    variable expansions; if 'vars' is the output of 'parse_makefile()',
-    you're fine.  Returns a variable-expanded version of 's'.
-    """
-
-    # This algorithm does multiple expansion, so if vars['foo'] contains
-    # "${bar}", it will expand ${foo} to ${bar}, and then expand
-    # ${bar}... and so forth.  This is fine as long as 'vars' comes from
-    # 'parse_makefile()', which takes care of such expansions eagerly,
-    # according to make's variable expansion semantics.
-
-    while True:
-        m = _findvar1_rx.search(s) or _findvar2_rx.search(s)
-        if m:
-            (beg, end) = m.span()
-            s = s[0:beg] + vars.get(m.group(1)) + s[end:]
-        else:
-            break
-    return s
-
-
-_config_vars = None
-
-def _init_posix():
-    """Initialize the module as appropriate for POSIX systems."""
-    # _sysconfigdata is generated at build time, see the sysconfig module
-    name = os.environ.get('_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME',
-        '_sysconfigdata_{abi}_{platform}_{multiarch}'.format(
-        abi=sys.abiflags,
-        platform=sys.platform,
-        multiarch=getattr(sys.implementation, '_multiarch', ''),
-    ))
-    _temp = __import__(name, globals(), locals(), ['build_time_vars'], 0)
-    build_time_vars = _temp.build_time_vars
-    global _config_vars
-    _config_vars = {}
-    _config_vars.update(build_time_vars)
-
-
-def _init_nt():
-    """Initialize the module as appropriate for NT"""
-    g = {}
-    # set basic install directories
-    g['LIBDEST'] = get_python_lib(plat_specific=0, standard_lib=1)
-    g['BINLIBDEST'] = get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1)
-
-    # XXX hmmm.. a normal install puts include files here
-    g['INCLUDEPY'] = get_python_inc(plat_specific=0)
-
-    g['EXT_SUFFIX'] = _imp.extension_suffixes()[0]
-    g['EXE'] = ".exe"
-    g['VERSION'] = get_python_version().replace(".", "")
-    g['BINDIR'] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
-
-    global _config_vars
-    _config_vars = g
-
-
-def get_config_vars(*args):
-    """With no arguments, return a dictionary of all configuration
-    variables relevant for the current platform.  Generally this includes
-    everything needed to build extensions and install both pure modules and
-    extensions.  On Unix, this means every variable defined in Python's
-    installed Makefile; on Windows it's a much smaller set.
-
-    With arguments, return a list of values that result from looking up
-    each argument in the configuration variable dictionary.
-    """
-    global _config_vars
-    if _config_vars is None:
-        func = globals().get("_init_" + os.name)
-        if func:
-            func()
-        else:
-            _config_vars = {}
-
-        # Normalized versions of prefix and exec_prefix are handy to have;
-        # in fact, these are the standard versions used most places in the
-        # Distutils.
-        _config_vars['prefix'] = PREFIX
-        _config_vars['exec_prefix'] = EXEC_PREFIX
-
-        # For backward compatibility, see issue19555
-        SO = _config_vars.get('EXT_SUFFIX')
-        if SO is not None:
-            _config_vars['SO'] = SO
-
-        # Always convert srcdir to an absolute path
-        srcdir = _config_vars.get('srcdir', project_base)
-        if os.name == 'posix':
-            if python_build:
-                # If srcdir is a relative path (typically '.' or '..')
-                # then it should be interpreted relative to the directory
-                # containing Makefile.
-                base = os.path.dirname(get_makefile_filename())
-                srcdir = os.path.join(base, srcdir)
-            else:
-                # srcdir is not meaningful since the installation is
-                # spread about the filesystem.  We choose the
-                # directory containing the Makefile since we know it
-                # exists.
-                srcdir = os.path.dirname(get_makefile_filename())
-        _config_vars['srcdir'] = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(srcdir))
-
-        # Convert srcdir into an absolute path if it appears necessary.
-        # Normally it is relative to the build directory.  However, during
-        # testing, for example, we might be running a non-installed python
-        # from a different directory.
-        if python_build and os.name == "posix":
-            base = project_base
-            if (not os.path.isabs(_config_vars['srcdir']) and
-                base != os.getcwd()):
-                # srcdir is relative and we are not in the same directory
-                # as the executable. Assume executable is in the build
-                # directory and make srcdir absolute.
-                srcdir = os.path.join(base, _config_vars['srcdir'])
-                _config_vars['srcdir'] = os.path.normpath(srcdir)
-
-        # OS X platforms require special customization to handle
-        # multi-architecture, multi-os-version installers
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            import _osx_support
-            _osx_support.customize_config_vars(_config_vars)
-
-    if args:
-        vals = []
-        for name in args:
-            vals.append(_config_vars.get(name))
-        return vals
-    else:
-        return _config_vars
-
-def get_config_var(name):
-    """Return the value of a single variable using the dictionary
-    returned by 'get_config_vars()'.  Equivalent to
-    get_config_vars().get(name)
-    """
-    if name == 'SO':
-        import warnings
-        warnings.warn('SO is deprecated, use EXT_SUFFIX', DeprecationWarning, 2)
-    return get_config_vars().get(name)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_clib.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_clib.py
index abd8313770e..19e012a58ce 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_clib.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_clib.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import unittest
 import os
 import sys
+import sysconfig
 
 from test.support import run_unittest, missing_compiler_executable
 
@@ -13,6 +14,15 @@ class BuildCLibTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                         support.LoggingSilencer,
                         unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self._backup_CONFIG_VARS = dict(sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super().tearDown()
+        sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.clear()
+        sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.update(self._backup_CONFIG_VARS)
+
     def test_check_library_dist(self):
         pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist()
         cmd = build_clib(dist)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
index 90f7bb06691..8e7364d2a2c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(TempdirManager,
         site.USER_BASE = self.mkdtemp()
         from distutils.command import build_ext
         build_ext.USER_BASE = site.USER_BASE
+        self.old_config_vars = dict(sysconfig._config_vars)
 
         # bpo-30132: On Windows, a .pdb file may be created in the current
         # working directory. Create a temporary working directory to cleanup
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(TempdirManager,
         site.USER_BASE = self.old_user_base
         from distutils.command import build_ext
         build_ext.USER_BASE = self.old_user_base
+        sysconfig._config_vars.clear()
+        sysconfig._config_vars.update(self.old_config_vars)
         super(BuildExtTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def build_ext(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
index 9aeab07b468..0127ba71fc4 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import unittest
 import os
 import sys
+import sysconfig
 from test.support import run_unittest, missing_compiler_executable
 
 from distutils.command.config import dump_file, config
@@ -21,9 +22,12 @@ class ConfigTestCase(support.LoggingSilencer,
         self._logs = []
         self.old_log = log.info
         log.info = self._info
+        self.old_config_vars = dict(sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         log.info = self.old_log
+        sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.clear()
+        sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.update(self.old_config_vars)
         super(ConfigTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def test_dump_file(self):
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_install.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_install.py
index 21a7b7c85c4..0632024b358 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_install.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_install.py
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class InstallTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                       support.LoggingSilencer,
                       unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self._backup_config_vars = dict(sysconfig._config_vars)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super().tearDown()
+        sysconfig._config_vars.clear()
+        sysconfig._config_vars.update(self._backup_config_vars)
+
     def test_home_installation_scheme(self):
         # This ensure two things:
         # - that --home generates the desired set of directory names
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_unixccompiler.py
index eefe4ba4029..24725ead119 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_unixccompiler.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class UnixCCompilerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self._backup_platform = sys.platform
         self._backup_get_config_var = sysconfig.get_config_var
+        self._backup_config_vars = dict(sysconfig._config_vars)
         class CompilerWrapper(UnixCCompiler):
             def rpath_foo(self):
                 return self.runtime_library_dir_option('/foo')
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ class UnixCCompilerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         sys.platform = self._backup_platform
         sysconfig.get_config_var = self._backup_get_config_var
+        sysconfig._config_vars.clear()
+        sysconfig._config_vars.update(self._backup_config_vars)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', "can't test on Windows")
     def test_runtime_libdir_option(self):
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
index bf0d4333f9a..d4a01c6e91c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ class UtilTestCase(support.EnvironGuard, unittest.TestCase):
             os.uname = self.uname
         else:
             del os.uname
-        sysconfig._config_vars = copy(self._config_vars)
+        sysconfig._config_vars.clear()
+        sysconfig._config_vars.update(self._config_vars)
         super(UtilTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def _set_uname(self, uname):
diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index 74530706be5..0f1df6e8a83 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ sys.path = {additional_paths or []} + sys.path
 sys.argv[1:] = {args}
 runpy.run_module("pip", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)
 """
-    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-c", code], check=True).returncode
+    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-W', 'ignore::DeprecationWarning',
+                           "-c", code], check=True).returncode
 
 
 def version():
diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index d056d2c3381..0e0decd4271 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ _BASE_EXEC_PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.base_exec_prefix)
 _CONFIG_VARS = None
 _USER_BASE = None
 
+# Regexes needed for parsing Makefile (and similar syntaxes,
+# like old-style Setup files).
+_variable_rx = r"([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\s*=\s*(.*)"
+_findvar1_rx = r"\$\(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\)"
+_findvar2_rx = r"\${([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)}"
+
 
 def _safe_realpath(path):
     try:
@@ -215,19 +221,14 @@ def _get_default_scheme():
 
 
 
-def _parse_makefile(filename, vars=None):
+def _parse_makefile(filename, vars=None, keep_unresolved=True):
     """Parse a Makefile-style file.
 
     A dictionary containing name/value pairs is returned.  If an
     optional dictionary is passed in as the second argument, it is
     used instead of a new dictionary.
     """
-    # Regexes needed for parsing Makefile (and similar syntaxes,
-    # like old-style Setup files).
     import re
-    _variable_rx = re.compile(r"([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\s*=\s*(.*)")
-    _findvar1_rx = re.compile(r"\$\(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\)")
-    _findvar2_rx = re.compile(r"\${([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)}")
 
     if vars is None:
         vars = {}
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ def _parse_makefile(filename, vars=None):
     for line in lines:
         if line.startswith('#') or line.strip() == '':
             continue
-        m = _variable_rx.match(line)
+        m = re.match(_variable_rx, line)
         if m:
             n, v = m.group(1, 2)
             v = v.strip()
@@ -274,8 +275,8 @@ def _parse_makefile(filename, vars=None):
     while len(variables) > 0:
         for name in tuple(variables):
             value = notdone[name]
-            m1 = _findvar1_rx.search(value)
-            m2 = _findvar2_rx.search(value)
+            m1 = re.search(_findvar1_rx, value)
+            m2 = re.search(_findvar2_rx, value)
             if m1 and m2:
                 m = m1 if m1.start() < m2.start() else m2
             else:
@@ -330,9 +331,12 @@ def _parse_makefile(filename, vars=None):
                                 done[name] = value
 
             else:
+                # Adds unresolved variables to the done dict.
+                # This is disabled when called from distutils.sysconfig
+                if keep_unresolved:
+                    done[name] = value
                 # bogus variable reference (e.g. "prefix=$/opt/python");
                 # just drop it since we can't deal
-                done[name] = value
                 variables.remove(name)
 
     # strip spurious spaces
@@ -712,6 +716,32 @@ def get_python_version():
     return _PY_VERSION_SHORT
 
 
+def expand_makefile_vars(s, vars):
+    """Expand Makefile-style variables -- "${foo}" or "$(foo)" -- in
+    'string' according to 'vars' (a dictionary mapping variable names to
+    values).  Variables not present in 'vars' are silently expanded to the
+    empty string.  The variable values in 'vars' should not contain further
+    variable expansions; if 'vars' is the output of 'parse_makefile()',
+    you're fine.  Returns a variable-expanded version of 's'.
+    """
+    import re
+
+    # This algorithm does multiple expansion, so if vars['foo'] contains
+    # "${bar}", it will expand ${foo} to ${bar}, and then expand
+    # ${bar}... and so forth.  This is fine as long as 'vars' comes from
+    # 'parse_makefile()', which takes care of such expansions eagerly,
+    # according to make's variable expansion semantics.
+
+    while True:
+        m = re.search(_findvar1_rx, s) or re.search(_findvar2_rx, s)
+        if m:
+            (beg, end) = m.span()
+            s = s[0:beg] + vars.get(m.group(1)) + s[end:]
+        else:
+            break
+    return s
+
+
 def _print_dict(title, data):
     for index, (key, value) in enumerate(sorted(data.items())):
         if index == 0:
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 5a45d78be91..80f3a04fcc6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -1667,6 +1667,7 @@ def missing_compiler_executable(cmd_names=[]):
     missing.
 
     """
+    # TODO (PEP 632): alternate check without using distutils
     from distutils import ccompiler, sysconfig, spawn, errors
     compiler = ccompiler.new_compiler()
     sysconfig.customize_compiler(compiler)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
index b7e80f0d351..3852cfbc477 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ unittest.main()
 
 class TestCParser(TempdirManager, unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
+        self._backup_config_vars = dict(sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS)
         cmd = support.missing_compiler_executable()
         if cmd is not None:
             self.skipTest("The %r command is not found" % cmd)
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ class TestCParser(TempdirManager, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super(TestCParser, self).tearDown()
+        sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.clear()
+        sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.update(self._backup_config_vars)
 
     def build_extension(self, grammar_source):
         grammar = parse_string(grammar_source, GrammarParser)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-02-15-12-52-23.bpo-41282.SenEje.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-02-15-12-52-23.bpo-41282.SenEje.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95ac1831dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-02-15-12-52-23.bpo-41282.SenEje.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:mod:`distutils.sysconfig` has been merged to :mod:`sysconfig`.