diff --git a/tests/stdlib/all.py b/tests/stdlib/all.py
index 1734c5f..e6bc043 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/all.py
+++ b/tests/stdlib/all.py
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ import_main(globals(), 'test_thread')
 #import_main(globals(), 'test_threading_local')
 import_main(globals(), 'test_timeout')
 import_main(globals(), 'test_urllib')
-#import_main(globals(), 'test_urllib2')
-#import_main(globals(), 'test_urllib2_localnet')
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+import_main(globals(), 'test_urllib2')
+import_main(globals(), 'test_urllib2_localnet')
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diff --git a/tests/stdlib/test_urllib2_localnet.py b/tests/stdlib/test_urllib2_localnet.py
index 9917038..48316ba 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/test_urllib2_localnet.py
+++ b/tests/stdlib/test_urllib2_localnet.py
@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+from eventlet import patcher
 
+from eventlet.green import BaseHTTPServer
 from eventlet.green import threading
 from eventlet.green import socket
 from eventlet.green import urllib2
-from eventlet.green import BaseHTTPServer
-
-# need to override these modules before import so
-# that classes inheriting from threading.Thread refer
-# to the correct parent class
-import sys
-sys.modules['threading'] = threading
-sys.modules['BaseHTTPServer'] = BaseHTTPServer
-
-from test import test_urllib2_localnet
-
-test_urllib2_localnet.socket = socket
-test_urllib2_localnet.urllib2 = urllib2
-test_urllib2_localnet.BaseHTTPServer = BaseHTTPServer
-
-from test.test_urllib2_localnet import *
 
+patcher.inject('test.test_urllib2_localnet',
+    globals(),
+    ('BaseHTTPServer', BaseHTTPServer),
+    ('threading', threading),
+    ('socket', socket),
+    ('urllib2', urllib2))
+        
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
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