diff --git a/gensim/test/test_normmodel.py b/gensim/test/test_normmodel.py
index 81297bc1c0..22211d4f1c 100644
--- a/gensim/test/test_normmodel.py
+++ b/gensim/test/test_normmodel.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def testTransform(self):
 
     def testInit(self):
         # Test if error messages raised on unsupported norm
-        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'not a supported norm'):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             model = normmodel.Normmodel(self.corpus, norm='l0')
 
     def testPersistence(self):