diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index f185dab88da..49d9a9a9570 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ def fcmp(x, y): # fuzzy comparison function
 
 try:
     unicode
-    have_unicode = 1
+    have_unicode = True
 except NameError:
-    have_unicode = 0
+    have_unicode = False
 
 is_jython = sys.platform.startswith('java')