diff --git a/lib/bundler/cli/doctor.rb b/lib/bundler/cli/doctor.rb
index ce016e3ad2..5365338823 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/cli/doctor.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/cli/doctor.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 require "rbconfig"
 require "shellwords"
-require "fiddle"
 
 module Bundler
   class CLI::Doctor
@@ -57,6 +56,14 @@ module Bundler
       Dir.glob("#{spec.full_gem_path}/**/*.bundle")
     end
 
+    def lookup_with_fiddle(path)
+      require "fiddle"
+      Fiddle.dlopen(path)
+      false
+    rescue Fiddle::DLError
+      true
+    end
+
     def check!
       require_relative "check"
       Bundler::CLI::Check.new({}).run
@@ -73,10 +80,7 @@ module Bundler
       definition.specs.each do |spec|
         bundles_for_gem(spec).each do |bundle|
           bad_paths = dylibs(bundle).select do |f|
-            Fiddle.dlopen(f)
-            false
-          rescue Fiddle::DLError
-            true
+            lookup_with_fiddle(f)
           end
           if bad_paths.any?
             broken_links[spec] ||= []
diff --git a/spec/bundler/commands/doctor_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/commands/doctor_spec.rb
index 744510cd40..d6dd362c2b 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/commands/doctor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/commands/doctor_spec.rb
@@ -54,16 +54,20 @@ RSpec.describe "bundle doctor" do
       doctor = Bundler::CLI::Doctor.new({})
       expect(doctor).to receive(:bundles_for_gem).exactly(2).times.and_return ["/path/to/myrack/myrack.bundle"]
       expect(doctor).to receive(:dylibs).exactly(2).times.and_return ["/usr/lib/libSystem.dylib"]
-      allow(Fiddle).to receive(:dlopen).with("/usr/lib/libSystem.dylib").and_return(true)
+      allow(doctor).to receive(:lookup_with_fiddle).with("/usr/lib/libSystem.dylib").and_return(false)
       expect { doctor.run }.not_to raise_error
       expect(@stdout.string).to be_empty
     end
 
+    class Fiddle
+      class DLError < StandardError; end
+    end unless defined?(Fiddle)
+
     it "exits with a message if one of the linked libraries is missing" do
       doctor = Bundler::CLI::Doctor.new({})
       expect(doctor).to receive(:bundles_for_gem).exactly(2).times.and_return ["/path/to/myrack/myrack.bundle"]
       expect(doctor).to receive(:dylibs).exactly(2).times.and_return ["/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.57.1.dylib"]
-      allow(Fiddle).to receive(:dlopen).with("/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.57.1.dylib").and_raise(Fiddle::DLError)
+      allow(doctor).to receive(:lookup_with_fiddle).with("/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.57.1.dylib").and_return(true)
       expect { doctor.run }.to raise_error(Bundler::ProductionError, <<~E.strip), @stdout.string
         The following gems are missing OS dependencies:
          * bundler: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.57.1.dylib