diff --git a/test/comprehensive.py b/test/comprehensive.py
index 4aa951f3..f64ed661 100644
--- a/test/comprehensive.py
+++ b/test/comprehensive.py
@@ -1273,10 +1273,7 @@ import sys
 def run(args = None):
     if args is not None:
         sys.argv = args
-        
-    if hasattr(sys,'setdlopenflags'):
-        sys.setdlopenflags( 6 ) # dl.RTLD_NOW | dl.RTLD_GLOBAL)
-        
+
     import doctest, comprehensive
     return doctest.testmod(comprehensive)