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diff --git a/‎python/tests/geocodertest.py‎
Lines changed: 18 additions & 8 deletions b/‎python/tests/geocodertest.py‎
Lines changed: 18 additions & 8 deletions
@@ -175,12 +175,19 @@ def testCoverage(self):
         self.assertEqual("CA", _prefix_description_for_number(TEST_GEOCODE_DATA, TEST_GEOCODE_LONGEST_PREFIX, US_NUMBER1, "en"))
         self.assertEqual("CA", description_for_valid_number(US_NUMBER1, "en"))
         self.assertEqual("", description_for_valid_number(US_INVALID_NUMBER, "en"))
+
+        # Save off the current (immutable) metadata.
+        saved_geocode_data = geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA
+        geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA = {}
+        for key, value in saved_geocode_data.items():
+            geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA[key] = value
+
         # Add in some script and region specific fictional names
-        TEST_GEOCODE_DATA['1650960'] = {'en': u("Mountain View, CA"),
-                                        "en_GB": u("Mountain View California"),
-                                        "en_US": u("Mountain View, Sunny California"),
-                                        "en_Xyzz_US": u("MTV - xyzz"),
-                                        "en_Latn": u("MountainView")}
+        geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA['1650960'] = {'en': u("Mountain View, CA"),
+                                            "en_GB": u("Mountain View California"),
+                                            "en_US": u("Mountain View, Sunny California"),
+                                            "en_Xyzz_US": u("MTV - xyzz"),
+                                            "en_Latn": u("MountainView")}
         # The following test might one day return "Mountain View California"
         self.assertEqual("United States",
                          description_for_number(US_NUMBER2, _ENGLISH, region="GB"))
@@ -197,11 +204,14 @@ def testCoverage(self):
         # Get a different result when there is a script-specific variant
         self.assertEqual("MountainView",
                          description_for_number(US_NUMBER2, _ENGLISH, script="Latn", region="US"))
-        TEST_GEOCODE_DATA['1650960'] = {'en': u("Mountain View, CA")}
+        geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA['1650960'] = {'en': u("Mountain View, CA")}
 
         # Test the locale mapping
-        TEST_GEOCODE_DATA['8868'] = {'zh': u("Chinese"), 'zh_Hant': u("Hant-specific")}
+        geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA['8868'] = {'zh': u("Chinese"), 'zh_Hant': u("Hant-specific")}
         tw_number = FrozenPhoneNumber(country_code=886, national_number=810080123)
         self.assertEqual("Hant-specific",
                          description_for_number(tw_number, "zh", region="TW"))
-        del TEST_GEOCODE_DATA['8868']
+        del geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA['8868']
+
+        # Restore the original (immutable) test metadata
+        geocoder.GEOCODE_DATA = saved_geocode_data