diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1b82a7d06..7701d5146 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2.dev
 - fix issue205 - conftests in subdirs customizing
   pytest_pycollect_makemodule now work properly
 
+- fix exception message check of test_nose.py to pass on python33 as well
+
 - add tox.ini to pytest distribution so that ignore-dirs and others config
   bits are properly distributed for maintainers who run pytest-own tests
 
diff --git a/testing/test_nose.py b/testing/test_nose.py
index 4a2d1b105..933b350ab 100644
--- a/testing/test_nose.py
+++ b/testing/test_nose.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def test_nose_setup_func_failure(testdir):
     """)
     result = testdir.runpytest(p, '-p', 'nose')
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
-        "*TypeError: <lambda>() takes exactly 1*0 given*"
+        "*TypeError: <lambda>()*"
     ])
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b62f466da..9c9fdb8a9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ envlist=py26,py27,py31,py32,py33,py27-xdist,py25,trial
 indexserver=
     pypi = http://pypi.python.org/simple
     testrun = http://pypi.testrun.org
-    default = http://pypi.testrun.org
+    #default = http://pypi.testrun.org
 
 [testenv]
 changedir=testing
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ deps=py>=1.4.0
 
 [testenv:py33]
 deps=py>=1.4.0
+     nose
 
 [testenv:jython]
 changedir=testing