diff --git a/pandas/tests/indexes/multi/test_analytics.py b/pandas/tests/indexes/multi/test_analytics.py
index beec8e544f94b..27a5ba9e5434a 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/indexes/multi/test_analytics.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/indexes/multi/test_analytics.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from pandas.compat import lrange
+from pandas.compat import PY2, lrange
 from pandas.compat.numpy import _np_version_under1p16
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ def test_map_dictlike(idx, mapper):
     tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(PY2, reason="pytest.raises match regex fails")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('func', [
     np.exp, np.exp2, np.expm1, np.log, np.log2, np.log10,
     np.log1p, np.sqrt, np.sin, np.cos, np.tan, np.arcsin,