diff --git a/tools/test-backend b/tools/test-backend
index 081bf1d982..3a02ca2fb4 100755
--- a/tools/test-backend
+++ b/tools/test-backend
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ not_yet_fully_covered = {
     'zerver/models.py',
     # Test files should have full coverage; it's a bug in the test if
     # they don't!
-    'zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py',
     'zerver/tests/test_narrow.py',
     'zerver/tests/test_tornado.py',
     'zerver/tests/test_urls.py',
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
index c61cfdb353..199762e3eb 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
@@ -1014,24 +1014,16 @@ class TestDevAuthBackend(ZulipTestCase):
         data = {'direct_email': email}
         with self.settings(AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=('zproject.backends.EmailAuthBackend',)):
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(Exception, 'Direct login not supported.'):
-                try:
-                    with mock.patch('django.core.handlers.exception.logger'):
-                        self.client_post('/accounts/login/local/', data)
-                except ImportError:
-                    with mock.patch('django.core.handlers.base.logger'):
-                        self.client_post('/accounts/login/local/', data)
+                with mock.patch('django.core.handlers.exception.logger'):
+                    self.client_post('/accounts/login/local/', data)
 
     def test_login_failure_due_to_nonexistent_user(self):
         # type: () -> None
         email = 'nonexisting@zulip.com'
         data = {'direct_email': email}
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(Exception, 'User cannot login'):
-            try:
-                with mock.patch('django.core.handlers.exception.logger'):
-                    self.client_post('/accounts/login/local/', data)
-            except ImportError:
-                with mock.patch('django.core.handlers.base.logger'):
-                    self.client_post('/accounts/login/local/', data)
+            with mock.patch('django.core.handlers.exception.logger'):
+                self.client_post('/accounts/login/local/', data)
 
 class TestZulipRemoteUserBackend(ZulipTestCase):
     def test_login_success(self):