diff --git a/BROKEN b/BROKEN
index 4615d6d1373..034cd851ff0 100644
--- a/BROKEN
+++ b/BROKEN
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
     test_bsddb test_bsddb3 test_compile test_dumbdbm
     test_importhooks test_iter test_iterlen test_minidom test_mutants
-    test_os test_plistlib
+    test_os
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py b/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
index f91f1d3fc60..0daf3b5b17a 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ def writeData(self, data):
 
     def writeDict(self, d):
         self.beginElement("dict")
-        items = d.items()
-        items.sort()
+        items = sorted(d.items())
         for key, value in items:
             if not isinstance(key, (str, unicode)):
                 raise TypeError("keys must be strings")