diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 1a5094e14dd..30d397178d0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -1516,16 +1516,12 @@ class DecimalUsabilityTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for d, n, r in test_triples:
             self.assertEqual(str(round(Decimal(d), n)), r)
 
-
-
     def test_nan_to_float(self):
         # Test conversions of decimal NANs to float.
         # See http://bugs.python.org/issue15544
         for s in ('nan', 'nan1234', '-nan', '-nan2468'):
             f = float(Decimal(s))
             self.assertTrue(math.isnan(f))
-            sign = math.copysign(1.0, f)
-            self.assertEqual(sign, -1.0 if s.startswith('-') else 1.0)
 
     def test_snan_to_float(self):
         for s in ('snan', '-snan', 'snan1357', '-snan1234'):