---
 Lib/test/test_sax.py       |   10 +++++-----
 Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py |   17 ++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -1215,10 +1215,9 @@ class ExpatReaderTest(XmlTestBase):
 
         self.assertEqual(result.getvalue(), start + b"<doc>text</doc>")
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 6, 0),
+                     "Reparse deferral not defined for libexpat < 2.6.0")
     def test_flush_reparse_deferral_enabled(self):
-        if pyexpat.version_info < (2, 6, 0):
-            self.skipTest(f'Expat {pyexpat.version_info} does not support reparse deferral')
-
         result = BytesIO()
         xmlgen = XMLGenerator(result)
         parser = create_parser()
@@ -1240,6 +1239,8 @@ class ExpatReaderTest(XmlTestBase):
 
         self.assertEqual(result.getvalue(), start + b"<doc></doc>")
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 6, 0),
+                     "Reparse deferral not defined for libexpat < 2.6.0")
     def test_flush_reparse_deferral_disabled(self):
         result = BytesIO()
         xmlgen = XMLGenerator(result)
@@ -1249,8 +1250,7 @@ class ExpatReaderTest(XmlTestBase):
         for chunk in ("<doc", ">"):
             parser.feed(chunk)
 
-        if pyexpat.version_info >= (2, 6, 0):
-            parser._parser.SetReparseDeferralEnabled(False)
+        parser._parser.SetReparseDeferralEnabled(False)
 
         self.assertEqual(result.getvalue(), start)  # i.e. no elements started
         self.assertFalse(parser._parser.GetReparseDeferralEnabled())
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -1623,11 +1623,9 @@ class XMLPullParserTest(unittest.TestCas
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             ET.XMLPullParser(events=('start', 'end', 'bogus'))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 6, 0),
+                     "Reparse deferral not defined for libexpat < 2.6.0")
     def test_flush_reparse_deferral_enabled(self):
-        if pyexpat.version_info < (2, 6, 0):
-            self.skipTest(f'Expat {pyexpat.version_info} does not '
-                          'support reparse deferral')
-
         parser = ET.XMLPullParser(events=('start', 'end'))
 
         for chunk in ("<doc", ">"):
@@ -1648,17 +1646,18 @@ class XMLPullParserTest(unittest.TestCas
 
         self.assert_event_tags(parser, [('end', 'doc')])
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 6, 0),
+                     "Reparse deferral not defined for libexpat < 2.6.0")
     def test_flush_reparse_deferral_disabled(self):
         parser = ET.XMLPullParser(events=('start', 'end'))
 
         for chunk in ("<doc", ">"):
             parser.feed(chunk)
 
-        if pyexpat.version_info >= (2, 6, 0):
-            if not ET is pyET:
-                self.skipTest(f'XMLParser.(Get|Set)ReparseDeferralEnabled '
-                              'methods not available in C')
-            parser._parser._parser.SetReparseDeferralEnabled(False)
+        if not ET is pyET:
+            self.skipTest(f'XMLParser.(Get|Set)ReparseDeferralEnabled '
+                          'methods not available in C')
+        parser._parser._parser.SetReparseDeferralEnabled(False)
 
         self.assert_event_tags(parser, [])  # i.e. no elements started
         if ET is pyET: