diff --git a/Tests/t_ldapurl.py b/Tests/t_ldapurl.py
index 46f9a8a..aef53aa 100644
--- a/Tests/t_ldapurl.py
+++ b/Tests/t_ldapurl.py
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ def test_bad_urls(self):
                 "ldap:///????a_b=0",    # extype contains only [-a-zA-Z0-9]
                 "ldap:///????!!a=0",    # only one exclamation allowed
         ):
-            assertRaises(ValueError, LDAPUrl, [bad])
             try:
                 LDAPUrl(bad)
             except ValueError: