diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmllib.py b/Lib/test/test_xmllib.py
index 9ea50420948..97ae1411017 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmllib.py
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ testdoc = """\
 <greeting>Hello, world!</greeting>
 """
 
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", ".* xmllib .* obsolete.*",
+                        DeprecationWarning)
+del warnings
+
 import test_support
 import unittest
 import xmllib
 
-
 class XMLParserTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_simple(self):