diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index a6afd35944f..50723c4df19 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ def test_bad_module(self):
         class BadModule:
             pass
         BadModule.__module__ = 'bad' # Something not in sys.modules
-        assert(get_type_hints(BadModule), {})
+        self.assertEqual(get_type_hints(BadModule), {})
 
 class FinalTests(BaseTestCase):