diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -4243,6 +4243,8 @@
                 pass
         self.C = C
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(sys, 'gettrace') and sys.gettrace(),
+                        'trace function introduces __local__')
     def test_iter_keys(self):
         # Testing dict-proxy keys...
         it = self.C.__dict__.keys()
@@ -4252,6 +4254,8 @@
         self.assertEqual(keys, ['__dict__', '__doc__', '__module__',
             '__weakref__', 'meth'])
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(sys, 'gettrace') and sys.gettrace(),
+                        'trace function introduces __local__')
     def test_iter_values(self):
         # Testing dict-proxy values...
         it = self.C.__dict__.values()
@@ -4259,6 +4263,8 @@
         values = list(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(values), 5)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(sys, 'gettrace') and sys.gettrace(),
+                        'trace function introduces __local__')
     def test_iter_items(self):
         # Testing dict-proxy iteritems...
         it = self.C.__dict__.items()