Re-apply r83871.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py b/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
index a93558c..482835d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
@@ -3,15 +3,10 @@
 from test import support
 import unittest
 
-from fnmatch import (fnmatch, fnmatchcase, _MAXCACHE, _cache, _cacheb, purge,
-                        translate, filter)
-
+from fnmatch import fnmatch, fnmatchcase, translate, filter
 
 class FnmatchTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        purge()
-
     def check_match(self, filename, pattern, should_match=1, fn=fnmatch):
         if should_match:
             self.assertTrue(fn(filename, pattern),
@@ -65,22 +60,6 @@
         self.check_match(b'test\xff', b'te*\xff')
         self.check_match(b'foo\nbar', b'foo*')
 
-    def test_cache_clearing(self):
-        # check that caches do not grow too large
-        # http://bugs.python.org/issue7846
-
-        # string pattern cache
-        for i in range(_MAXCACHE + 1):
-            fnmatch('foo', '?' * i)
-
-        self.assertLessEqual(len(_cache), _MAXCACHE)
-
-        # bytes pattern cache
-        for i in range(_MAXCACHE + 1):
-            fnmatch(b'foo', b'?' * i)
-        self.assertLessEqual(len(_cacheb), _MAXCACHE)
-
-
 class TranslateTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_translate(self):