diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gc.py b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
index 65e74d4759c..2dab5300445 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
@@ -770,21 +770,45 @@ def test_get_objects(self):
         gc.collect()
         l = []
         l.append(l)
-        self.assertIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=0))
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=1))
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        self.assertTrue(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=0))
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in  gc.get_objects(generation=1))
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        )
         gc.collect(generation=0)
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=0))
-        self.assertIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=1))
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=0))
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+                any(l is element for element in  gc.get_objects(generation=1))
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        )
         gc.collect(generation=1)
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=0))
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=1))
-        self.assertIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=0))
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in  gc.get_objects(generation=1))
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        )
         gc.collect(generation=2)
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=0))
-        self.assertNotIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=1))
-        self.assertIn(l, gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=0))
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(
+                any(l is element for element in  gc.get_objects(generation=1))
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+                any(l is element for element in gc.get_objects(generation=2))
+        )
         del l
         gc.collect()