Index: xmltodict-0.12.0/tests/test_xmltodict.py
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--- xmltodict-0.12.0.orig/tests/test_xmltodict.py
+++ xmltodict-0.12.0/tests/test_xmltodict.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from xml.parsers.expat import ParserCreate
 from xml.parsers import expat
+import pyexpat
 
 
 def _encode(s):
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ class XMLToDictTestCase(unittest.TestCas
         self.assertEqual(parse(xml),
                          parse(xml.encode('utf-8')))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info >= (2, 4, 5), reason="Makes no sense with current Expat")
     def test_namespace_support(self):
         xml = """
         <root xmlns="http://defaultns.com/"
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ class XMLToDictTestCase(unittest.TestCas
         res = parse(xml, process_namespaces=True)
         self.assertEqual(res, d)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info >= (2, 4, 5), reason="Makes no sense with current Expat")
     def test_namespace_collapse(self):
         xml = """
         <root xmlns="http://defaultns.com/"