diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 3fa4838a27a..29f84fa3dd2 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ def runtest_inner(test, verbose, quiet, test_times,
             print test, "skipped --", msg
             sys.stdout.flush()
         return -2
-    except (ImportError, unittest.SkipTest), msg:
+    except unittest.SkipTest, msg:
         if not quiet:
             print test, "skipped --", msg
             sys.stdout.flush()