diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py b/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
index 704a38ea522c0c..bdb4eb1486aff0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py
@@ -1325,13 +1325,13 @@ def testIPv6IPv4MappedStringRepresentation(self):
         long_prefix = '0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff:'
         ipv4 = '1.2.3.4'
         for short_prefix in ('::ffff:', '::'):
-            ipv6_ipv4_mapped_str = '%s%s' % (short_prefix, ipv4)
-            with self.subTest(addr=ipv6_ipv4_mapped_str):
-                ipv6_ipv4_mapped_address = ipaddress.IPv6Address(ipv6_ipv4_mapped_str)
-                ipv6_ipv4_mapped_interface = ipaddress.IPv6Interface(ipv6_ipv4_mapped_str)
-                self.assertEqual(str(ipv6_ipv4_mapped_address), ipv6_ipv4_mapped_str)
-                self.assertEqual(ipv6_ipv4_mapped_address.exploded, long_prefix + ipv4)
-                self.assertEqual(str(ipv6_ipv4_mapped_interface.ip), ipv6_ipv4_mapped_str)
+            ipv6_ipv4_str = '%s%s' % (short_prefix, ipv4)
+            with self.subTest(addr=ipv6_ipv4_str):
+                ipv6_ipv4_addr = ipaddress.IPv6Address(ipv6_ipv4_str)
+                ipv6_ipv4_iface = ipaddress.IPv6Interface(ipv6_ipv4_str)
+                self.assertEqual(str(ipv6_ipv4_addr), ipv6_ipv4_str)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv6_ipv4_addr.exploded, long_prefix + ipv4)
+                self.assertEqual(str(ipv6_ipv4_iface.ip), ipv6_ipv4_str)
 
     def testGetScopeId(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.ipv6_address.scope_id,