diff --git a/src/sage/misc/cython.py b/src/sage/misc/cython.py
index 4d93b943427..7eadbd39cc0 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/cython.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/cython.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 
 from sage.env import (SAGE_LOCAL, cython_aliases,
                       sage_include_directories)
-from sage.misc.misc import spyx_tmp
-from .temporary_file import tmp_filename
+from .temporary_file import spyx_tmp, tmp_filename
 from sage.repl.user_globals import get_globals
 from sage.misc.sage_ostools import restore_cwd, redirection
 from sage.cpython.string import str_to_bytes
diff --git a/src/sage/misc/misc.py b/src/sage/misc/misc.py
index 76307760aa0..93f2bebdb55 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/misc.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/misc.py
@@ -255,32 +255,17 @@ def SPYX_TMP():
         sage: SPYX_TMP
         doctest:warning...
         DeprecationWarning: SPYX_TMP is deprecated;
-        use sage.misc.misc.spyx_tmp instead
+        use sage.misc.temporary_file.spyx_tmp instead
         See https://trac.sagemath.org/33213 for details.
         ...
 
     """
+    from sage.misc.temporary_file import spyx_tmp
     from sage.misc.superseded import deprecation
-    deprecation(33213, "SPYX_TMP is deprecated; use sage.misc.misc.spyx_tmp instead")
+    deprecation(33213, "SPYX_TMP is deprecated; use sage.misc.temporary_file.spyx_tmp instead")
     return spyx_tmp()
 
 
-@cached_function
-def spyx_tmp():
-    r"""
-    The temporary directory used to store pyx files.
-
-    We use a cached function for this so that the same temporary
-    directory will always be returned (unless the user shoots himself
-    in the foot). Each temporary directory created is removed when
-    sage terminates using an atexit hook.
-    """
-    import atexit, tempfile
-    d = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-    result = os.path.join(d.name, 'spyx')
-    atexit.register(lambda: d.cleanup())
-    return result
-
 @lazy_string
 def SAGE_TMP_INTERFACE():
     """
diff --git a/src/sage/misc/sageinspect.py b/src/sage/misc/sageinspect.py
index f27fb5721f4..87df80ef514 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/sageinspect.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/sageinspect.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def _extract_embedded_position(docstring):
         # Try some common path prefixes for Cython modules built by/for Sage
         # 1) Module in the sage src tree
         # 2) Module compiled by Sage's inline cython() compiler
-        from sage.misc.misc import spyx_tmp
+        from sage.misc.temporary_file import spyx_tmp
         try_filenames = [
             os.path.join(SAGE_LIB, raw_filename),
             os.path.join(spyx_tmp(), '_'.join(raw_filename.split('_')[:-1]),
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ class Element(object):
             source_lines = f.readlines()
     except IOError:
         try:
-            from sage.misc.misc import spyx_tmp
+            from sage.misc.temporary_file import spyx_tmp
             raw_name = filename.split('/')[-1]
             newname = os.path.join(spyx_tmp(), '_'.join(raw_name.split('_')[:-1]), raw_name)
             with open(newname) as f:
diff --git a/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py b/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py
index f2f0cd17db0..d4857a712ec 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import io
 import os
 import tempfile
+from sage.misc.cachefunc import cached_function
+
 import atexit
 
 
@@ -543,3 +545,19 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         else:
             # Failure: delete temporary file
             shutil.rmtree(self.tempname)
+
+
+@cached_function
+def spyx_tmp():
+    r"""
+    The temporary directory used to store pyx files.
+
+    We use a cached function for this so that the same temporary
+    directory will always be returned (unless the user shoots himself
+    in the foot). Each temporary directory created is removed when
+    sage terminates using an atexit hook.
+    """
+    d = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+    result = os.path.join(d.name, 'spyx')
+    atexit.register(lambda: d.cleanup())
+    return result