diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compileall.py b/Lib/test/test_compileall.py
index f8b4e46f1f9..3f333a58dbf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compileall.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compileall.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class CommandLineTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def assertRunNotOK(self, *args, **env_vars):
         rc, out, err = script_helper.assert_python_failure(
-                         '-S', '-m', 'compileall', *args, **env_vars)
+                         '-m', 'compileall', *args, **env_vars)
         return rc, out, err
 
     def assertCompiled(self, fn):