diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index 1ad07b1fd6e379a..53d1e2b7ddd86b6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -6828,10 +6828,6 @@ def test_c_functions(self):
 
 
 class NewTypeTests(BaseTestCase):
-    def cleanup(self):
-        for f in typing._cleanups:
-            f()
-
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         global UserId
@@ -6844,9 +6840,6 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
         del UserId
         del cls.UserName
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.cleanup()
-
     def test_basic(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(UserId(5), int)
         self.assertIsInstance(self.UserName('Joe'), str)