diff --git a/Lib/test/test_json/test_encode_basestring_ascii.py b/Lib/test/test_json/test_encode_basestring_ascii.py
index 5c363dc3042..8cd0c94c74d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_json/test_encode_basestring_ascii.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_json/test_encode_basestring_ascii.py
@@ -45,4 +45,3 @@ class TestCEncodeBasestringAscii(TestEncodeBasestringAscii, CTest):
         s = "\uffff"*((2**32)//6 + 1)
         with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
             self.json.encoder.encode_basestring_ascii(s)
-