diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/network/aci/test_aci.py b/test/units/module_utils/network/aci/test_aci.py
index 64bccbadbf0..804d405ca03 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/network/aci/test_aci.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/network/aci/test_aci.py
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ class AciRest(unittest.TestCase):
             error_text = to_native(u"Unable to parse output as XML, see 'raw' output. None (line 0)", errors='surrogate_or_strict')
         elif PY2:
             error_text = "Unable to parse output as XML, see 'raw' output. Document is empty, line 1, column 1 (line 1)"
+        elif sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+            error_text = "Unable to parse output as XML, see 'raw' output. None (line 0)"
         else:
             error_text = "Unable to parse output as XML, see 'raw' output. Document is empty, line 1, column 1 (<string>, line 1)"
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py b/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py
index 37e647e2ae8..f44729c1916 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import platform
 import pytest
+import sys
 
 from ansible.module_utils import distro
 from ansible.module_utils.common.sys_info import (get_distribution, get_distribution_version,
@@ -40,13 +41,11 @@ class TestDistro():
 # distro result is what we expect and special cased.
 class TestDistroCompat():
     '''Verify that distro.linux_distribution matches plain platform.linux_distribution'''
-
-    _platform_supported_dists = platform._supported_dists
-
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info >= (3, 8), reason="Python 3.8 and later do not have platform.linux_distribution().")
     def test_linux_distribution(self):
         distro_linux_dist = (get_distribution(), get_distribution_version(), get_distribution_codename())
 
-        platform_linux_dist = platform.linux_distribution(supported_dists=self._platform_supported_dists)
+        platform_linux_dist = platform.linux_distribution()
 
         assert isinstance(distro_linux_dist, type(platform_linux_dist)), \
             'linux_distribution() returned type (%s) which is different from platform.linux_distribution type (%s)' % \