diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index daff8ae..d031607 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -324,14 +324,12 @@
                                sys.getrefcount(weak_raising_cyclic_object())))
 
     def test_pep8ified_threading(self):
-        import warnings
-
         def check(_, w, msg):
             self.assertEqual(str(w.message), msg)
 
         t = threading.Thread()
         with catch_warning() as w:
-            warnings.simplefilter("always", DeprecationWarning)
+            del threading.__warningregistry__
             msg = "isDaemon() is deprecated in favor of the " \
                   "Thread.daemon property"
             check(t.isDaemon(), w, msg)