diff --git a/tests/gclient_scm_test.py b/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
index 20a4cbdb0..4f8b656fb 100755
--- a/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
+++ b/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@ import __builtin__
 from super_mox import mox, SuperMoxBaseTestBase, SuperMoxTestBase
 
 import gclient_scm
-from gclient_test import BaseTestCase as GCBaseTestCase
+
+
+class GCBaseTestCase(SuperMoxTestBase):
+  # Like unittest's assertRaises, but checks for Gclient.Error.
+  def assertRaisesError(self, msg, fn, *args, **kwargs):
+    try:
+      fn(*args, **kwargs)
+    except gclient_scm.gclient_utils.Error, e:
+      self.assertEquals(e.args[0], msg)
+    else:
+      self.fail('%s not raised' % msg)
 
 
 class BaseTestCase(GCBaseTestCase):
diff --git a/tests/scm_unittest.py b/tests/scm_unittest.py
index d4270bd1d..d2acc04b9 100755
--- a/tests/scm_unittest.py
+++ b/tests/scm_unittest.py
@@ -9,12 +9,22 @@ from shutil import rmtree
 import tempfile
 
 # Fixes include path.
-from super_mox import mox, SuperMoxBaseTestBase
+from super_mox import mox, SuperMoxBaseTestBase, SuperMoxTestBase
 
-from gclient_test import BaseTestCase
 import scm
 
 
+class BaseTestCase(SuperMoxTestBase):
+  # Like unittest's assertRaises, but checks for Gclient.Error.
+  def assertRaisesError(self, msg, fn, *args, **kwargs):
+    try:
+      fn(*args, **kwargs)
+    except scm.gclient_utils.Error, e:
+      self.assertEquals(e.args[0], msg)
+    else:
+      self.fail('%s not raised' % msg)
+
+
 class BaseSCMTestCase(BaseTestCase):
   def setUp(self):
     BaseTestCase.setUp(self)