diff --git a/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py b/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py
--- a/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py
+++ b/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from mercurial.node import nullid
 from mercurial import (
+    pycompat,
     ui as uimod,
 )
 # Load the local remotefilelog, not the system one
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
     historypack,
 )
 
+if pycompat.ispy3:
+    xrange = range
+
 class histpacktests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.tempdirs = []