diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py
index 6d0f7e41d22..d0a8a0f94fb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ class BasicAuthHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         else:
             # Request Unauthorized
             self.do_AUTHHEAD()
-        self.wfile.close()