diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_1.py b/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_1.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 573a509..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_1.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-# http://python.org/sf/1202533
-
-import new, operator
-
-class A:
-    pass
-A.__mul__ = new.instancemethod(operator.mul, None, A)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    A()*2   # segfault: infinite recursion in C
diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_2.py b/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_2.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a14b33..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-# http://python.org/sf/1202533
-
-class A(str):
-    __get__ = getattr
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    a = A('a')
-    A.a = a
-    a.a   # segfault: infinite recursion in C
diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_4.py b/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_4.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 14f1520..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_4.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-# http://python.org/sf/1202533
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    lst = [apply]
-    lst.append(lst)
-    apply(*lst)      # segfault: infinite recursion in C
diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_5.py b/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_5.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 18d2963..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/crashers/infinite_rec_5.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-# http://python.org/sf/1267884
-
-import types
-
-class C:
-    __str__ = types.InstanceType.__str__
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    str(C())   # segfault: infinite recursion in C
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 57cef44..9a45cf1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 import warnings
 import types
+import new
 
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore",
          r'complex divmod\(\), // and % are deprecated$',
@@ -1981,6 +1982,10 @@
     unsafecmp(1, 1L)
     unsafecmp(1L, 1)
 
+def recursions():
+    if verbose:
+        print "Testing recursion checks ..."
+
     class Letter(str):
         def __new__(cls, letter):
             if letter == 'EPS':
@@ -1990,7 +1995,6 @@
             if not self:
                 return 'EPS'
             return self
-
     # sys.stdout needs to be the original to trigger the recursion bug
     import sys
     test_stdout = sys.stdout
@@ -2004,6 +2008,17 @@
         raise TestFailed, "expected a RuntimeError for print recursion"
     sys.stdout = test_stdout
 
+    # Bug #1202533.
+    class A(object):
+        pass
+    A.__mul__ = new.instancemethod(lambda self, x: self * x, None, A)
+    try:
+        A()*2
+    except RuntimeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise TestFailed("expected a RuntimeError")
+
 def weakrefs():
     if verbose: print "Testing weak references..."
     import weakref
@@ -4395,6 +4410,7 @@
     overloading()
     methods()
     specials()
+    recursions()
     weakrefs()
     properties()
     supers()