diff -r 1b8ba1346e67 Lib/test/test_sys.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py	Tue Feb 04 23:02:36 2014 +1000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py	Tue Feb 04 16:01:49 2014 +0000
@@ -93,17 +93,11 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, sys.exit, 42, 42)
 
         # call without argument
-        try:
-            sys.exit(0)
-        except SystemExit as exc:
-            self.assertEqual(exc.code, 0)
-        except:
-            self.fail("wrong exception")
-        else:
-            self.fail("no exception")
+        rc = subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-c",
+                              "import sys; sys.exit()"])
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
 
-        # call with tuple argument with one entry
-        # entry will be unpacked
+        # call with integer argument
         try:
             sys.exit(42)
         except SystemExit as exc:
@@ -113,7 +107,8 @@
         else:
             self.fail("no exception")
 
-        # call with integer argument
+        # call with tuple argument with one entry
+        # entry will be unpacked
         try:
             sys.exit((42,))
         except SystemExit as exc: