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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_optparse.py b/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
index 91a0319..437fdd2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ from optparse import make_option, Option, \
from optparse import _match_abbrev
from optparse import _parse_num
-retype = type(re.compile(''))
-
class InterceptedError(Exception):
def __init__(self,
error_message=None,
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ Args were %(args)s.""" % locals ())
func(*args, **kwargs)
except expected_exception as err:
actual_message = str(err)
- if isinstance(expected_message, retype):
+ if isinstance(expected_message, re.Pattern):
self.assertTrue(expected_message.search(actual_message),
"""\
expected exception message pattern: