diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/qt.py b/mesonbuild/modules/_qt.py
similarity index 100%
rename from mesonbuild/modules/qt.py
rename to mesonbuild/modules/_qt.py
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/qt4.py b/mesonbuild/modules/qt4.py
index 354b4a5cf..47eb00778 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/qt4.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/qt4.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import typing as T
 
-from .qt import QtBaseModule
+from ._qt import QtBaseModule
 from . import ModuleInfo
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/qt5.py b/mesonbuild/modules/qt5.py
index 11958c981..f950c0944 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/qt5.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/qt5.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import typing as T
 
-from .qt import QtBaseModule
+from ._qt import QtBaseModule
 from . import ModuleInfo
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/qt6.py b/mesonbuild/modules/qt6.py
index b23204678..bf23305d6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/qt6.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/qt6.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import typing as T
 
-from .qt import QtBaseModule
+from ._qt import QtBaseModule
 from . import ModuleInfo
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/run_mypy.py b/run_mypy.py
index f1976226b..35a90e8e9 100755
--- a/run_mypy.py
+++ b/run_mypy.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ modules = [
     'mesonbuild/modules/keyval.py',
     'mesonbuild/modules/modtest.py',
     'mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py',
-    'mesonbuild/modules/qt.py',
+    'mesonbuild/modules/_qt.py',
     'mesonbuild/modules/qt4.py',
     'mesonbuild/modules/qt5.py',
     'mesonbuild/modules/qt6.py',
diff --git a/unittests/datatests.py b/unittests/datatests.py
index 4f9d52032..b14bbac5a 100644
--- a/unittests/datatests.py
+++ b/unittests/datatests.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class DataTests(unittest.TestCase):
             html = f.read().lower()
         self.assertIsNotNone(html)
         for f in Path('mesonbuild/modules').glob('*.py'):
-            if f.name in {'modtest.py', 'qt.py', '__init__.py'}:
+            if f.name.startswith('_') or f.name == 'modtest.py':
                 continue
             name = f'{f.stem}-module.html'
             name = name.replace('unstable_', '')