diff --git a/tests/template_tests/test_parser.py b/tests/template_tests/test_parser.py
index 5d9a3a374e..0c5198fb64 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/test_parser.py
@@ -7,13 +7,22 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 
 from django.template import Library, Template, TemplateSyntaxError
 from django.template.base import (
-    FilterExpression, Parser, TokenParser, Variable,
+    TOKEN_BLOCK, FilterExpression, Parser, Token, TokenParser, Variable,
 )
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.utils import six
 
 
 class ParserTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_token_smart_split(self):
+        """
+        #7027 -- _() syntax should work with spaces
+        """
+        token = Token(TOKEN_BLOCK, 'sometag _("Page not found") value|yesno:_("yes,no")')
+        split = token.split_contents()
+        self.assertEqual(split, ["sometag", '_("Page not found")', 'value|yesno:_("yes,no")'])
+
     def test_token_parsing(self):
         # Tests for TokenParser behavior in the face of quoted strings with
         # spaces.
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/tests.py b/tests/template_tests/tests.py
index 74fa1e22fc..2bb093af06 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/tests.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import sys
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django.template import (
-    Context, Template, TemplateSyntaxError, base as template_base, engines,
-    loader,
+    Context, Template, TemplateSyntaxError, engines, loader,
 )
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils._os import upath
@@ -26,12 +25,6 @@ class TemplateTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
 class TemplateRegressionTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
-    def test_token_smart_split(self):
-        # Regression test for #7027
-        token = template_base.Token(template_base.TOKEN_BLOCK, 'sometag _("Page not found") value|yesno:_("yes,no")')
-        split = token.split_contents()
-        self.assertEqual(split, ["sometag", '_("Page not found")', 'value|yesno:_("yes,no")'])
-
     @override_settings(SETTINGS_MODULE=None, DEBUG=True)
     def test_url_reverse_no_settings_module(self):
         # Regression test for #9005