diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dump.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dump.py
index bcc845f09ae30f..d508f238f84fb5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dump.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_dump.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def test_dump_custom_row_factory(self):
         # gh-118221: iterdump should be able to cope with custom row factories.
         def dict_factory(cu, row):
             fields = [col[0] for col in cu.description]
-            return {k: v for k, v in zip(fields, row)}
+            return dict(zip(fields, row))
 
         self.cx.row_factory = dict_factory
         CREATE_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE test(t);"