Index: audioread-3.0.1/audioread/__init__.py
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--- audioread-3.0.1.orig/audioread/__init__.py
+++ audioread-3.0.1/audioread/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
 """Multi-library, cross-platform audio decoding."""
+import sys
 
 from . import ffdec
 from .exceptions import DecodeError, NoBackendError
@@ -76,9 +77,11 @@ def available_backends(flush_cache=False
     if BACKENDS and not flush_cache:
         return BACKENDS
 
-    # Standard-library WAV and AIFF readers.
-    from . import rawread
-    result = [rawread.RawAudioFile]
+    result = []
+    if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 13):
+        # Standard-library WAV and AIFF readers.
+        from . import rawread
+        result.append(rawread.RawAudioFile)
 
     # Core Audio.
     if _ca_available():