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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index bac839de54..b317e3362e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import locale
import mmap
import os
import pickle
-import platform
import re
import shutil
import signal
@@ -2456,14 +2455,14 @@ def supports_extended_attributes():
return False
finally:
support.unlink(support.TESTFN)
- # Kernels < 2.6.39 don't respect setxattr flags.
- kernel_version = platform.release()
- m = re.match("2.6.(\d{1,2})", kernel_version)
- return m is None or int(m.group(1)) >= 39
+
+ return True
@unittest.skipUnless(supports_extended_attributes(),
"no non-broken extended attribute support")
+# Kernels < 2.6.39 don't respect setxattr flags.
+@support.requires_linux_version(2, 6, 39)
class ExtendedAttributeTests(unittest.TestCase):
def tearDown(self):