diff --git a/tests/basics/string_format_modulo.py b/tests/basics/string_format_modulo.py
index f00502457e..77bbcfbe36 100644
--- a/tests/basics/string_format_modulo.py
+++ b/tests/basics/string_format_modulo.py
@@ -33,38 +33,6 @@ print("%c" % 48)
 print("%c" % 'a')
 print("%10s" % 'abc')
 print("%-10s" % 'abc')
-print("%d" % 10)
-print("%+d" % 10)
-print("% d" % 10)
-print("%d" % -10)
-print("%d" % True)
-print("%i" % -10)
-print("%i" % True)
-print("%u" % -10)
-print("%u" % True)
-print("%x" % 18)
-print("%o" % 18)
-print("%X" % 18)
-print("%#x" % 18)
-print("%#X" % 18)
-print("%#6o" % 18)
-print("%#6x" % 18)
-print("%#06x" % 18)
-
-print("%*d" % (5, 10))
-print("%*.*d" % (2, 2, 20))
-print("%*.*d" % (5, 8, 20))
-
-print(">%8.4d<" % -12)
-print(">% 8.4d<" % -12)
-print(">%+8.4d<" %  12)
-print(">%+8.4d<" % -12)
-print(">%08.4d<" % -12)
-print(">%08.4d<" % 12)
-print(">%-8.4d<" % -12)
-print(">%-08.4d<" % -12)
-print(">%-+08.4d<" % -12)
-print(">%-+08.4d<" %  12)
 
 # Should be able to print dicts; in this case they aren't used
 # to lookup keywords in formats like %(foo)s
diff --git a/tests/basics/string_format_modulo_int.py b/tests/basics/string_format_modulo_int.py
index c97bca9bdb..d1f29db220 100644
--- a/tests/basics/string_format_modulo_int.py
+++ b/tests/basics/string_format_modulo_int.py
@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
 # test string modulo formatting with int values
 
+# basic cases
+print("%d" % 10)
+print("%+d" % 10)
+print("% d" % 10)
+print("%d" % -10)
+print("%d" % True)
+print("%i" % -10)
+print("%i" % True)
+print("%u" % -10)
+print("%u" % True)
+print("%x" % 18)
+print("%o" % 18)
+print("%X" % 18)
+print("%#x" % 18)
+print("%#X" % 18)
+print("%#6o" % 18)
+print("%#6x" % 18)
+print("%#06x" % 18)
+
+# with *
+print("%*d" % (5, 10))
+print("%*.*d" % (2, 2, 20))
+print("%*.*d" % (5, 8, 20))
+
+# precision
+for val in (-12, 12):
+    print(">%8.4d<" % val)
+    print(">% 8.4d<" % val)
+    print(">%+8.4d<" % val)
+    print(">%08.4d<" % val)
+    print(">%-8.4d<" % val)
+    print(">%-08.4d<" % val)
+    print(">%-+08.4d<" % val)
+
 # test + option with various amount of padding
 for pad in ('', ' ', '0'):
     for n in (1, 2, 3):