diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 6a70132..835e1f2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -866,12 +866,11 @@
         self.file1 = support.TESTFN
         self.file2 = os.path.join(support.TESTFN + "2")
 
+    def tearDown(self):
         for file in (self.file1, self.file2):
             if os.path.exists(file):
                 os.unlink(file)
 
-    tearDown = setUp
-
     def _test_link(self, file1, file2):
         with open(file1, "w") as f1:
             f1.write("test")