diff --git a/indra/llcommon/tests/llleap_test.cpp b/indra/llcommon/tests/llleap_test.cpp
index 9b755e9ca5bd81d920e32bc7965a1402198f57fe..29060d4ef5903c7dcb45be3ae31f9f65ee18f627 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/tests/llleap_test.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/tests/llleap_test.cpp
@@ -122,13 +122,10 @@ namespace tut
                    // finding indra/lib/python. Use our __FILE__, with
                    // raw-string syntax to deal with Windows pathnames.
                    "mydir = os.path.dirname(r'" << __FILE__ << "')\n"
-                   "try:\n"
-                   "    from llbase import llsd\n"
-                   "except ImportError:\n"
                    // We expect mydir to be .../indra/llcommon/tests.
-                   "    sys.path.insert(0,\n"
-                   "        os.path.join(mydir, os.pardir, os.pardir, 'lib', 'python'))\n"
-                   "    from indra.base import llsd\n"
+                   "sys.path.insert(0,\n"
+                   "    os.path.join(mydir, os.pardir, os.pardir, 'lib', 'python'))\n"
+                   "from indra.base import llsd\n"
                    "\n"
                    "class ProtocolError(Exception):\n"
                    "    def __init__(self, msg, data):\n"
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/tests/llsdserialize_test.cpp b/indra/llcommon/tests/llsdserialize_test.cpp
index e625545763a2851a1e3de11f226a205a1cd5f98b..4d436e8897d36dc4e218ec66c0aa36e9022e7c3a 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/tests/llsdserialize_test.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/tests/llsdserialize_test.cpp
@@ -1523,10 +1523,7 @@ namespace tut
                         "sys.path.insert(0,\n"
                         "    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(r'" __FILE__ "'),\n"
                         "                 os.pardir, os.pardir, 'lib', 'python'))\n"
-                        "try:\n"
-                        "    from llbase import llsd\n"
-                        "except ImportError:\n"
-                        "    from indra.base import llsd\n")
+                        "from indra.base import llsd\n")
         {}
         ~TestPythonCompatible() {}