[qa] rpc-test: Normalize assert()

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py b/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py
index 1ee0f79ac0..1ba4ded249 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py
@@ -65,14 +65,8 @@ class ZapWalletTXesTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
         #restart bitcoind with zapwallettxes
         self.nodes[0] = start_node(0,self.options.tmpdir, ["-zapwallettxes=1"])
         
-        aException = False
-        try:
-            tx3 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid3)
-        except JSONRPCException,e:
-            print e
-            aException = True
-        
-        assert_equal(aException, True) #there must be a expection because the unconfirmed wallettx0 must be gone by now
+        assert_raises(JSONRPCException, self.nodes[0].gettransaction, [txid3])
+        #there must be a expection because the unconfirmed wallettx0 must be gone by now
 
         tx0 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid0)
         assert_equal(tx0['txid'], txid0) #tx0 (confirmed) must still be available because it was confirmed