diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_squeezer.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_squeezer.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
from collections import namedtuple
from textwrap import dedent
from tkinter import Text, Tk
import unittest
from unittest.mock import Mock, NonCallableMagicMock, patch, sentinel, ANY
from test.support import requires
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@

SENTINEL_VALUE = sentinel.SENTINEL_VALUE


def get_test_tk_root(test_instance):
    """Helper for tests: Create a root Tk object."""
@@ -82,6 +92,15 @@ def test_several_lines_different_lengths(self):

class SqueezerTest(unittest.TestCase):
    """Tests for the Squeezer class."""
    def tearDown(self):
        # Clean up the Squeezer class's reference to its instance,
        # to avoid side-effects from one test case upon another.
@@ -114,7 +133,7 @@ def make_text_widget(self, root=None):
        if root is None:
            root = get_test_tk_root(self)
        text_widget = Text(root)
-        text_widget["font"] = ('Courier', 10)
        text_widget.mark_set("iomark", "1.0")
        return text_widget

@@ -300,16 +319,14 @@ def test_reload(self):
        orig_auto_squeeze_min_lines = squeezer.auto_squeeze_min_lines

        # Increase both font size and auto-squeeze-min-lines.
-        text_widget["font"] = ('Courier', 20)
        new_auto_squeeze_min_lines = orig_auto_squeeze_min_lines + 10
        self.set_idleconf_option_with_cleanup(
            'main', 'PyShell', 'auto-squeeze-min-lines',
            str(new_auto_squeeze_min_lines))

        Squeezer.reload()
-        # The following failed on Gentoo buildbots.  Issue title will be
-        # IDLE: Fix squeezer test_reload.
-        #self.assertGreater(squeezer.zero_char_width, orig_zero_char_width)
        self.assertEqual(squeezer.auto_squeeze_min_lines,
                         new_auto_squeeze_min_lines)