diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 9ec7744efbe..af59e277f3e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -297,26 +297,21 @@ class MiscReadTest(CommonReadTest):
 
     def test_extract_hardlink(self):
         # Test hardlink extraction (e.g. bug #857297).
-        tar = tarfile.open(tarname, errorlevel=1, encoding="iso8859-1")
+        with tarfile.open(tarname, errorlevel=1, encoding="iso8859-1") as tar:
+            tar.extract("ustar/regtype", TEMPDIR)
+            self.addCleanup(os.remove, os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/regtype"))
 
-        tar.extract("ustar/regtype", TEMPDIR)
-        try:
             tar.extract("ustar/lnktype", TEMPDIR)
-        except EnvironmentError, e:
-            if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
-                self.fail("hardlink not extracted properly")
+            self.addCleanup(os.remove, os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/lnktype"))
+            with open(os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/lnktype"), "rb") as f:
+                data = f.read()
+            self.assertEqual(md5sum(data), md5_regtype)
 
-        data = open(os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/lnktype"), "rb").read()
-        self.assertEqual(md5sum(data), md5_regtype)
-
-        try:
             tar.extract("ustar/symtype", TEMPDIR)
-        except EnvironmentError, e:
-            if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
-                self.fail("symlink not extracted properly")
-
-        data = open(os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/symtype"), "rb").read()
-        self.assertEqual(md5sum(data), md5_regtype)
+            self.addCleanup(os.remove, os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/symtype"))
+            with open(os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/symtype"), "rb") as f:
+                data = f.read()
+            self.assertEqual(md5sum(data), md5_regtype)
 
     def test_extractall(self):
         # Test if extractall() correctly restores directory permissions