diff --git a/src/pylib/builtins/dict.nim b/src/pylib/builtins/dict.nim
index a276d26e2..5b30e8a65 100644
--- a/src/pylib/builtins/dict.nim
+++ b/src/pylib/builtins/dict.nim
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ iterator iter*[K, V](self: PyDict[K ,V]): K =
     for i in iter(d):
       assert i == "a"
     for i in d:
-      assert i == ("a", 1)
+      assert i[0] == "a" and i[1] == 1
   
   for i in self.keys(): yield i