diff --git a/Lib/test/test_csv.py b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
index c3da185e105..8ca1e62c4ae 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_csv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
@@ -313,22 +313,17 @@ class TestDialectRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
         expected_dialects = csv.list_dialects() + [name]
         expected_dialects.sort()
         csv.register_dialect(name, myexceltsv)
-        try:
-            self.assertTrue(csv.get_dialect(name).delimiter, '\t')
-            got_dialects = csv.list_dialects()
-            got_dialects.sort()
-            self.assertEqual(expected_dialects, got_dialects)
-        finally:
-            csv.unregister_dialect(name)
+        self.addCleanup(csv.unregister_dialect, name)
+        self.assertEqual(csv.get_dialect(name).delimiter, '\t')
+        got_dialects = sorted(csv.list_dialects())
+        self.assertEqual(expected_dialects, got_dialects)
 
     def test_register_kwargs(self):
         name = 'fedcba'
         csv.register_dialect(name, delimiter=';')
-        try:
-            self.assertTrue(csv.get_dialect(name).delimiter, '\t')
-            self.assertTrue(list(csv.reader('X;Y;Z', name)), ['X', 'Y', 'Z'])
-        finally:
-            csv.unregister_dialect(name)
+        self.addCleanup(csv.unregister_dialect, name)
+        self.assertEqual(csv.get_dialect(name).delimiter, ';')
+        self.assertEqual([['X', 'Y', 'Z']], list(csv.reader(['X;Y;Z'], name)))
 
     def test_incomplete_dialect(self):
         class myexceltsv(csv.Dialect):