diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index ede0f4b82f9..90bae887c31 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -161,8 +161,12 @@ def _test():
     resp.close()
 
 
+class OfflineTest(TestCase):
+    def test_responses(self):
+        self.assertEquals(httplib.responses[httplib.NOT_FOUND], "Not Found")
+
 def test_main(verbose=None):
-    tests = [HeaderTests,]
+    tests = [HeaderTests,OfflineTest]
     test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
 
 test()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index 8248967226d..0b2a65061cd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ def test_trivial(self):
         buf = f.read()
         f.close()
 
-    def test_statudict(self):
-        # test the new-in-2.5 httpresponses dictionary
-        self.assertEquals(urllib2.httpresponses[404], "Not Found")
-
     def test_parse_http_list(self):
         tests = [('a,b,c', ['a', 'b', 'c']),
                  ('path"o,l"og"i"cal, example', ['path"o,l"og"i"cal', 'example']),