diff --git a/Lib/test/test_locale.py b/Lib/test/test_locale.py
index 9528d45157c..3f611be1dfc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_locale.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_locale.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_enUS_locale():
             # The locale test work fine on OSX 10.6, I (ronaldoussoren)
             # haven't had time yet to verify if tests work on OSX 10.5
             # (10.4 is known to be bad)
-            raise unittest.SkipTest("Locale support on MacOSX is minimal")
+            raise TestSkipped("Locale support on MacOSX is minimal")
     if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
         tlocs = ("En", "English")
     else: