diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index da2828c3b53..6d413aa68a3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ class ElementTreeTest(unittest.TestCase):
         from xml.etree import ElementPath
 
         elem = ET.XML(SAMPLE_XML)
+        ElementPath._cache.clear()
         for i in range(10): ET.ElementTree(elem).find('./'+str(i))
         cache_len_10 = len(ElementPath._cache)
         for i in range(10): ET.ElementTree(elem).find('./'+str(i))
@@ -3926,8 +3927,9 @@ class KeywordArgsTest(unittest.TestCase):
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class NoAcceleratorTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        if not pyET:
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        if ET is not pyET:
             raise unittest.SkipTest('only for the Python version')
 
     # Test that the C accelerator was not imported for pyET
@@ -4192,8 +4194,7 @@ class C14NTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
-def test_main(module=None):
+def setUpModule(module=None):
     # When invoked without a module, runs the Python ET tests by loading pyET.
     # Otherwise, uses the given module as the ET.
     global pyET
@@ -4205,63 +4206,30 @@ def test_main(module=None):
     global ET
     ET = module
 
-    test_classes = [
-        ModuleTest,
-        ElementSlicingTest,
-        BasicElementTest,
-        BadElementTest,
-        BadElementPathTest,
-        ElementTreeTest,
-        IOTest,
-        ParseErrorTest,
-        XIncludeTest,
-        ElementTreeTypeTest,
-        ElementFindTest,
-        ElementIterTest,
-        TreeBuilderTest,
-        XMLParserTest,
-        XMLPullParserTest,
-        BugsTest,
-        KeywordArgsTest,
-        BoolTest,
-        C14NTest,
-        ]
-
-    # These tests will only run for the pure-Python version that doesn't import
-    # _elementtree. We can't use skipUnless here, because pyET is filled in only
-    # after the module is loaded.
-    if pyET is not ET:
-        test_classes.extend([
-            NoAcceleratorTest,
-            ])
+    # don't interfere with subsequent tests
+    def cleanup():
+        global ET, pyET
+        ET = pyET = None
+    unittest.addModuleCleanup(cleanup)
 
     # Provide default namespace mapping and path cache.
     from xml.etree import ElementPath
     nsmap = ET.register_namespace._namespace_map
     # Copy the default namespace mapping
     nsmap_copy = nsmap.copy()
+    unittest.addModuleCleanup(nsmap.update, nsmap_copy)
+    unittest.addModuleCleanup(nsmap.clear)
+
     # Copy the path cache (should be empty)
     path_cache = ElementPath._cache
+    unittest.addModuleCleanup(setattr, ElementPath, "_cache", path_cache)
     ElementPath._cache = path_cache.copy()
+
     # Align the Comment/PI factories.
     if hasattr(ET, '_set_factories'):
         old_factories = ET._set_factories(ET.Comment, ET.PI)
-    else:
-        old_factories = None
-
-    try:
-        return support.run_unittest(*test_classes)
-    finally:
-        from xml.etree import ElementPath
-        # Restore mapping and path cache
-        nsmap.clear()
-        nsmap.update(nsmap_copy)
-        ElementPath._cache = path_cache
-        if old_factories is not None:
-            ET._set_factories(*old_factories)
-        # don't interfere with subsequent tests
-        ET = pyET = None
+        unittest.addModuleCleanup(ET._set_factories, *old_factories)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test_main()
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
index fd27b575ec8..3a0fc572f45 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py
@@ -254,20 +254,25 @@ class SizeofTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.check_sizeof(e, self.elementsize + self.extra +
                              struct.calcsize('8P'))
 
-def test_main():
+
+def install_tests():
+    # Test classes should have __module__ referring to this module.
     from test import test_xml_etree
+    for name, base in vars(test_xml_etree).items():
+        if isinstance(base, type) and issubclass(base, unittest.TestCase):
+            class Temp(base):
+                pass
+            Temp.__name__ = Temp.__qualname__ = name
+            Temp.__module__ = __name__
+            assert name not in globals()
+            globals()[name] = Temp
 
-    # Run the tests specific to the C implementation
-    support.run_unittest(
-        MiscTests,
-        TestAliasWorking,
-        TestAcceleratorImported,
-        SizeofTest,
-        )
+install_tests()
 
-    # Run the same test suite as the Python module
-    test_xml_etree.test_main(module=cET)
+def setUpModule():
+    from test import test_xml_etree
+    test_xml_etree.setUpModule(module=cET)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test_main()
+    unittest.main()