diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index 268230f6da78f8..c304521420274c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     @skip_if_buggy_ucrt_strfptime
     def test_julian_calculation(self):
         # Make sure that when Julian is missing that it is calculated
-        format_string = "%Y %m %d %H %M %S %w %Z"
+        format_string = "%Y %m %d %H %M %S %w"
         result = _strptime._strptime_time(time.strftime(format_string, self.time_tuple),
                                     format_string)
         self.assertTrue(result.tm_yday == self.time_tuple.tm_yday,
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ def test_julian_calculation(self):
     @skip_if_buggy_ucrt_strfptime
     def test_gregorian_calculation(self):
         # Test that Gregorian date can be calculated from Julian day
-        format_string = "%Y %H %M %S %w %j %Z"
+        format_string = "%Y %H %M %S %w %j"
         result = _strptime._strptime_time(time.strftime(format_string, self.time_tuple),
                                     format_string)
         self.assertTrue(result.tm_year == self.time_tuple.tm_year and
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ def test_gregorian_calculation(self):
     @skip_if_buggy_ucrt_strfptime
     def test_day_of_week_calculation(self):
         # Test that the day of the week is calculated as needed
-        format_string = "%Y %m %d %H %S %j %Z"
+        format_string = "%Y %m %d %H %S %j"
         result = _strptime._strptime_time(time.strftime(format_string, self.time_tuple),
                                     format_string)
         self.assertTrue(result.tm_wday == self.time_tuple.tm_wday,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index 5312faa50774ec..cbc6a7f480ffe2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def test_strptime(self):
         tt = time.gmtime(self.t)
         for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'H', 'I',
                           'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S',
-                          'U', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'Z', '%'):
+                          'U', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', '%'):
             format = '%' + directive
             if directive == 'd':
                 format += ',%Y'  # Avoid GH-70647.