diff --git a/Lib/email/test/data/audiotest.au b/Lib/email/test/data/audiotest.au
index 1ad28ce1fdd..f76b0501b8c 100644
Binary files a/Lib/email/test/data/audiotest.au and b/Lib/email/test/data/audiotest.au differ
diff --git a/Lib/test/audiotest.au b/Lib/test/audiotest.au
index 1ad28ce1fdd..f76b0501b8c 100644
Binary files a/Lib/test/audiotest.au and b/Lib/test/audiotest.au differ
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ossaudiodev.py b/Lib/test/test_ossaudiodev.py
index 055ad6c167c..5dea640d892 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ossaudiodev.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ossaudiodev.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def play_sound_file(self, data, rate, ssize, nchannels):
 
         # set parameters based on .au file headers
         dsp.setparameters(AFMT_S16_NE, nchannels, rate)
-        self.assertTrue(abs(expected_time - 2.94) < 1e-2, expected_time)
+        self.assertTrue(abs(expected_time - 3.51) < 1e-2, expected_time)
         t1 = time.time()
         dsp.write(data)
         dsp.close()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b25f110c17c..f3d27e10bad 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7755: Use an unencumbered audio file for tests.
+
 - Issue #8621: uuid.uuid4() returned the same sequence of values in the
   parent and any children created using ``os.fork`` on MacOS X 10.6.