diff --git a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
index 5cd08ee..0708f81 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
 
 import traceback
 
+try:
+    raise KeyError
+except KeyError:
+    type_, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
+    file_ = StringIO()
+    traceback_print(tb, file_)
+    example_traceback = file_.getvalue()
+else:
+    raise Error("unable to create test traceback string")
+
 
 class TracebackCases(unittest.TestCase):
     # For now, a very minimal set of tests.  I want to be sure that
@@ -152,24 +162,9 @@
 
 class TracebackFormatTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_traceback_format(self):
-        try:
-            raise KeyError('blah')
-        except KeyError:
-            type_, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
-            traceback_fmt = 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n' + \
-                            ''.join(traceback.format_tb(tb))
-            file_ = StringIO()
-            traceback_print(tb, file_)
-            python_fmt  = file_.getvalue()
-        else:
-            raise Error("unable to create test traceback string")
-
-        # Make sure that Python and the traceback module format the same thing
-        self.assertEquals(traceback_fmt, python_fmt)
-
+    def test_traceback_indentation(self):
         # Make sure that the traceback is properly indented.
-        tb_lines = python_fmt.splitlines()
+        tb_lines = example_traceback.splitlines()
         self.assertEquals(len(tb_lines), 3)
         banner, location, source_line = tb_lines
         self.assert_(banner.startswith('Traceback'))