diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py
index debce6ad50..e2d56e185f 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py
@@ -903,12 +903,12 @@ Pickling of DateQuerySets used to fail
 
 """}
 
-# In Python 2.3, exceptions raised in __len__ are swallowed (Python issue
-# 1242657), so these cases return an empty list, rather than raising an
-# exception. Not a lot we can do about that, unfortunately, due to the way
-# Python handles list() calls internally. Thus, we skip the tests for Python
-# 2.3.
-if sys.version_info >= (2, 4):
+# In Python 2.3 and the Python 2.6 beta releases, exceptions raised in __len__
+# are swallowed (Python issue 1242657), so these cases return an empty list,
+# rather than raising an exception. Not a lot we can do about that,
+# unfortunately, due to the way Python handles list() calls internally. Thus,
+# we skip the tests for Python 2.3 and 2.6.
+if (2, 4) <= sys.version_info < (2, 6):
     __test__["API_TESTS"] += """
 # If you're not careful, it's possible to introduce infinite loops via default
 # ordering on foreign keys in a cycle. We detect that.