diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index d50211c5985..876fcd4199f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -848,7 +848,6 @@ class HandlerTests(unittest.TestCase):
             req = Request(url)
             try:
                 h.file_open(req)
-            # XXXX remove OSError when bug fixed
             except urllib.error.URLError:
                 self.assertFalse(ftp)
             else: