diff --git a/test/test_jsinterp.py b/test/test_jsinterp.py
index 97367cd67..2eea12045 100644
--- a/test/test_jsinterp.py
+++ b/test/test_jsinterp.py
@@ -516,11 +516,12 @@ class TestJSInterpreter(unittest.TestCase):
                    ['t', 'e', 's', 't'])
         self._test('function f(){return "t-e-s-t".split(/[es-]+/)}',
                    ['t', 't'])
-        # from MDN: surrogate pairs aren't handled: case 1 fails
-        # self._test('function f(){return "😄😄".split(/(?:)/)}',
-        #           ['\ud83d', '\ude04', '\ud83d', '\ude04'])
-        self._test('function f(){return "😄😄".split(/(?:)/u)}',
-                   ['😄', '😄'])
+        # from MDN: surrogate pairs aren't handled: case 1 fails, and case 2 beats Py3.2
+        if sys.version_info >= (2, 6) and not ((3, 0) <= sys.version_info <= (3, 2)):
+            # self._test('function f(){return "😄😄".split(/(?:)/)}',
+            #            ['\ud83d', '\ude04', '\ud83d', '\ude04'])
+            self._test('function f(){return "😄😄".split(/(?:)/u)}',
+                       ['😄', '😄'])
 
     def test_slice(self):
         self._test('function f(){return [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8].slice()}', [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])