--- /dev/null
+ tests/memory_mgmt_test.py | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/memory_mgmt_test.py b/tests/memory_mgmt_test.py
+index 08636ae..a7b8a21 100644
+--- a/tests/memory_mgmt_test.py
++++ b/tests/memory_mgmt_test.py
+@@ -258,4 +258,6 @@ class MemoryMgmtTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ gc.collect()
+ new_object_count = len(gc.get_objects())
+- self.assertEqual(new_object_count, object_count)
++ # it seems that GC sometimes collects something that existed
++ # before this test ran, GH issues #273/#274
++ self.assertTrue(new_object_count in (object_count, object_count-1))
# Needed for individual runs of testsuite by python impls.
DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
+PATCHES=(
+ "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-py3.5-backport.patch
+)
+
python_prepare_all() {
sed -e "/setup_args\['data_files'\] = /d" -i setup.py || die
distutils-r1_python_prepare_all