diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py
index 9061863e67..f17bb47197 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ class BasicExtractorTests(ExtractorTests):
         os.chdir(self.test_dir)
         shutil.copyfile('./templates/template_with_error.txt', './templates/template_with_error.html')
         self.assertRaises(SyntaxError, management.call_command, 'makemessages', locale=LOCALE, verbosity=0)
-        try:
-            management.call_command('makemessages', locale=LOCALE, verbosity=0)
-        except SyntaxError, e:
-            self.assertEqual(str(e), 'Translation blocks must not include other block tags: blocktrans (file templates/template_with_error.html, line 3)')
+        try: # TODO: Simplify this try/try block when we drop support for Python 2.4
+            try:
+                management.call_command('makemessages', locale=LOCALE, verbosity=0)
+            except SyntaxError, e:
+                self.assertEqual(str(e), 'Translation blocks must not include other block tags: blocktrans (file templates/template_with_error.html, line 3)')
         finally:
             os.remove('./templates/template_with_error.html')
             os.remove('./templates/template_with_error.html.py') # Waiting for #8536 to be fixed