diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index 5e454dd9abc297..86ed9d52e1b4b6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ def test_invalid_positional_argument(self):
         def f(*args):
             pass
         msg = 'f requires at least 1 positional argument'
-        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, msg):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError, msg=msg):
             f()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':