diff --git a/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py b/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py
index bee2abb63e1..bddd6c5c669 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py
@@ -6,15 +6,8 @@
 
 from test import support
 
-try: set
-except NameError: from sets import Set as set
-
 import modulefinder
 
-# Note: To test modulefinder with Python 2.2, sets.py and
-# modulefinder.py must be available - they are not in the standard
-# library.
-
 TEST_DIR = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 TEST_PATH = [TEST_DIR, os.path.dirname(__future__.__file__)]