diff --git a/Lib/test/test_float.py b/Lib/test/test_float.py
index ab791a3a34c..580480292bc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_float.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_float.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from test import test_support
 import math
 from math import isinf, isnan, copysign, ldexp
 import operator
+import random, fractions
 
 INF = float("inf")
 NAN = float("nan")
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class GeneralFloatCases(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "+-3.14")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "-+3.14")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "--3.14")
-        if have_unicode:
+        if test_support.have_unicode:
             self.assertEqual(float(unicode("  3.14  ")), 3.14)
             self.assertEqual(float(unicode("  \u0663.\u0661\u0664  ",'raw-unicode-escape')), 3.14)
             # Implementation limitation in PyFloat_FromString()
@@ -736,6 +737,7 @@ class HexFloatTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(
+        GeneralFloatCases,
         FormatFunctionsTestCase,
         UnknownFormatTestCase,
         IEEEFormatTestCase,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 85adaeb06e3..83bbd497f9f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -114,13 +114,15 @@ Extension Modules
 Tests
 -----
 
-- Issue 3768: Move test_py3kwarn over to the new API for catch_warnings().
+- Issue #3796: Some tests functions were not enabled in test_float.
+
+- Issue #3768: Move test_py3kwarn over to the new API for catch_warnings().
 
 Build
 -----
 
-- Issue 3758: Rename the 'check' target to 'patchcheck' so as to not clash with
-  GNU build target guidelines.
+- Issue #3758: Rename the 'check' target to 'patchcheck' so as to not clash 
+  with GNU build target guidelines.
 
 
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