diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
index cb19d9eaea4..444934b9e35 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TimeoutTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # If we are too close to www.python.org, this test will fail.
         # Pick a host that should be farther away.
         if socket.getfqdn().split('.')[-2:] == ['python', 'org']:
-            self.addr_remote = ('python.net', 80)
+            self.addr_remote = ('tut.fi', 80)
 
         _t1 = time.time()
         self.failUnlessRaises(socket.error, self.sock.connect,