diff --git a/tables/__init__.py b/tables/__init__.py

index 168ee4e1..5307ce41 100644

--- a/tables/__init__.py

+++ b/tables/__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ to efficiently cope with extremely large amounts of data.

 """

 import os

 from ctypes import cdll

+from ctypes.util import find_library

 import platform

@@ -15,13 +16,7 @@ import platform

 # try this directory (it should be automatically copied in setup.py).

 current_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

 platform_system = platform.system()

-blosc2_lib = "libblosc2"

-if platform_system == "Linux":

-    blosc2_lib += ".so"

-elif platform_system == "Darwin":

-    blosc2_lib += ".dylib"

-else:

-    blosc2_lib += ".dll"

+blosc2_lib = find_library("libblosc2")

 try:

     cdll.LoadLibrary(blosc2_lib)

 except OSError:

@@ -78,7 +73,7 @@ from .earray import EArray

 from .vlarray import VLArray

 from .unimplemented import UnImplemented, Unknown

 from .expression import Expr

-from .tests import print_versions, test

+# from .tests import print_versions, test

 # List here only the objects we want to be publicly available

@@ -93,7 +88,7 @@ __all__ = [

     'FiltersWarning', 'DataTypeWarning',

     # Functions:

     'is_hdf5_file', 'is_pytables_file', 'which_lib_version',

-    'copy_file', 'open_file', 'print_versions', 'test',

+    'copy_file', 'open_file', # 'print_versions', 'test',

     'split_type', 'restrict_flavors',

     'set_blosc_max_threads', 'set_blosc2_max_threads',

     'silence_hdf5_messages',

@@ -175,4 +170,4 @@ def get_hdf5_version():

         "the 'get_hdf5_version()' function is deprecated and could be "

         "removed in future versions. Please use 'tables.hdf5_version'",

         DeprecationWarning)

-    return hdf5_version

\ No newline at end of file

+    return hdf5_version