diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 2f39d4b864f..f0851bdbe2e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -953,8 +953,5 @@ class ImportErrorTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(str(arg), str(exc))
 
 
-def test_main():
-    run_unittest(ExceptionTests, ImportErrorTests)
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()