diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_sre b/Lib/test/output/test_sre
index 6a2dc8c..dbb6e93 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_sre
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_sre
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
 test_sre
-sre.match(r'(x)*?y', 50000*'x'+'y').span() FAILED
-Traceback (most recent call last):
-  File "../lib/test\test_sre.py", line 18, in test
-    r = eval(expression)
-  File "<string>", line 0, in ?
-  File "c:\pythonware\py21\python-2.1\lib\sre.py", line 52, in match
-    return _compile(pattern, flags).match(string)
-RuntimeError: maximum recursion limit exceeded
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sre.py b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
index 031cda6..f133c98 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sre.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
@@ -243,12 +243,9 @@
 
 # Try nasty case that overflows the straightforward recursive
 # implementation of repeated groups.
-test(r"""sre.match(r'(x)*', 50000*'x').span()""",
-     (0, 50000), RuntimeError)
-test(r"""sre.match(r'(x)*y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()""",
-     (0, 50001), RuntimeError)
-test(r"""sre.match(r'(x)*?y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()""",
-     (0, 50001)) # this works in 2.1
+test("sre.match('(x)*', 50000*'x').span()", (0, 50000), RuntimeError)
+test("sre.match(r'(x)*y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()", (0, 50001), RuntimeError)
+test("sre.match(r'(x)*?y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()", (0, 50001), RuntimeError)
 
 from re_tests import *