diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index 873170116f43cf..cd7b8aac42c5e1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -1756,8 +1756,7 @@ def f(x):
             time.sleep(.01)
             return 3 * x
         def test(i, x):
-            with self.subTest(thread=i):
-                self.assertEqual(f(x), 3 * x, i)
+            self.assertEqual(f(x), 3 * x, i)
         threads = [threading.Thread(target=test, args=(i, v))
                    for i, v in enumerate([1, 2, 2, 3, 2])]
         with threading_helper.start_threads(threads):