diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi.py b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
index 7196b7b..1dd2461 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Run the _testcapi module tests (tests for the Python/C API):  by defn,
 # these are all functions _testcapi exports whose name begins with 'test_'.
 
-import sys, unittest
+import sys
 from test import test_support
 import _testcapi
 
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
         raise test_support.TestFailed, \
               "Couldn't find main thread correctly in the list"
 
-# Tests which use _testcapi helpers
-class OtherTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_exc_L(self):
-        # This used to raise a SystemError(bad internal call)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, _testcapi.getargs_L, "String")
-
 try:
     _testcapi._test_thread_state
     have_thread_state = True
@@ -52,9 +46,3 @@
     import threading
     t=threading.Thread(target=TestThreadState)
     t.start()
-
-def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(OtherTests)
-
-if __name__=='__main__':
-    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py b/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
index 587fe1f..47db73f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
@@ -187,16 +187,10 @@
     def test_L(self):
         from _testcapi import getargs_L
         # L returns 'long long', and does range checking (LLONG_MIN ... LLONG_MAX)
-
-        # XXX There's a bug in getargs.c, format code "L":
-        # If you pass something else than a Python long, you
-        # get "Bad argument to internal function".
-
-        # So these three tests are commented out:
-
-##        self.failUnlessEqual(3, getargs_L(3.14))
-##        self.failUnlessEqual(99, getargs_L(Long()))
-##        self.failUnlessEqual(99, getargs_L(Int()))
+        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, getargs_L, "Hello")
+        self.failUnlessEqual(3, getargs_L(3.14))
+        self.failUnlessEqual(99, getargs_L(Long()))
+        self.failUnlessEqual(99, getargs_L(Int()))
 
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, getargs_L, LLONG_MIN-1)
         self.failUnlessEqual(LLONG_MIN, getargs_L(LLONG_MIN))