diff --git a/Lib/test/.ruff.toml b/Lib/test/.ruff.toml
index a1b749798fa263..c7f6419aec9188 100644
--- a/Lib/test/.ruff.toml
+++ b/Lib/test/.ruff.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 extend = "../../.ruff.toml"  # Inherit the project-wide settings
-
-target-version = "py312"
+target-version = "py314"  # unlike `Tools/`, tests can use newer syntax than `PYTHON_FOR_REGEN`
 
 extend-exclude = [
     # Excluded (run with the other AC files in its own separate ruff job in pre-commit)
@@ -15,15 +14,6 @@ extend-exclude = [
     "test_grammar.py",
 ]
 
-[per-file-target-version]
-# Type parameter defaults
-"test_type_params.py" = "py313"
-
-# Template string literals
-"test_annotationlib.py" = "py314"
-"test_string/test_templatelib.py" = "py314"
-"test_tstring.py" = "py314"
-
 [lint]
 select = [
     "F401",  # Unused import
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
index 093de6a82d8ca7..e8a58ed77061f5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/import_helper.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def make_legacy_pyc(source, allow_compile=False):
     try:
         pyc_file = importlib.util.cache_from_source(source)
         shutil.move(pyc_file, legacy_pyc)
-    except (FileNotFoundError, NotImplementedError):
+    except FileNotFoundError, NotImplementedError:
         if not allow_compile:
             raise
         py_compile.compile(source, legacy_pyc, doraise=True)