diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ascii_formatd.py b/Lib/test/test_ascii_formatd.py
index 5ee84fa..77759fe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ascii_formatd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ascii_formatd.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 from test_support import check_warnings, run_unittest, cpython_only
+import warnings
 
 
 class FormatDeprecationTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
         buf = create_string_buffer(' ' * 100)
 
         with check_warnings() as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter('default')
             PyOS_ascii_formatd(byref(buf), sizeof(buf), '%+.10f',
                                c_double(10.0))
             self.assertEqual(buf.value, '+10.0000000000')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index a30f42b..3a2bdf5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
         # BaseException.__init__ triggers a deprecation warning.
         exc = BaseException("foo")
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter('default')
             self.assertEquals(exc.message, "foo")
         self.assertEquals(len(w), 1)
         self.assertEquals(w[0].category, DeprecationWarning)