diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/i18n.py b/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/i18n.py
index cb580267d2..601df6d512 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/i18n.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/i18n.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ from os import path
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.utils.translation import override, activate, get_language
+from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.translation import override, get_language
 from django.utils.text import javascript_quote
 
 from ..urls import locale_dir
@@ -29,20 +30,21 @@ class I18NTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_jsi18n(self):
         """The javascript_catalog can be deployed with language settings"""
-        saved_lang = get_language()
         for lang_code in ['es', 'fr', 'ru']:
-            activate(lang_code)
-            catalog = gettext.translation('djangojs', locale_dir, [lang_code])
-            trans_txt = catalog.ugettext('this is to be translated')
-            response = self.client.get('/views/jsi18n/')
-            # in response content must to be a line like that:
-            # catalog['this is to be translated'] = 'same_that_trans_txt'
-            # javascript_quote is used to be able to check unicode strings
-            self.assertContains(response, javascript_quote(trans_txt), 1)
-            if lang_code == 'fr':
-                # Message with context (msgctxt)
-                self.assertContains(response, "['month name\x04May'] = 'mai';", 1)
-        activate(saved_lang)
+            with override(lang_code):
+                catalog = gettext.translation('djangojs', locale_dir, [lang_code])
+                if six.PY3:
+                    trans_txt = catalog.gettext('this is to be translated')
+                else:
+                    trans_txt = catalog.ugettext('this is to be translated')
+                response = self.client.get('/views/jsi18n/')
+                # in response content must to be a line like that:
+                # catalog['this is to be translated'] = 'same_that_trans_txt'
+                # javascript_quote is used to be able to check unicode strings
+                self.assertContains(response, javascript_quote(trans_txt), 1)
+                if lang_code == 'fr':
+                    # Message with context (msgctxt)
+                    self.assertContains(response, "['month name\x04May'] = 'mai';", 1)
 
 
 class JsI18NTests(TestCase):