diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 5c1e286896..9f88c5c83b 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ strict_optional = True
 
 # Tests (may be many issues in file; comment is just one error noted)
 
-[mypy-zerver/tests/test_logging_handlers]  #73: error: Argument 7 to "makeRecord" of "Logger" has incompatible type "Tuple[Optional[Type[BaseException]], Optional[BaseException], Optional[TracebackType]]"; expected "Union[Tuple[type, BaseException, TracebackType], Tuple[None, None, None], None]"
-strict_optional = False
 [mypy-zerver/tests/test_decorators]  #1322: error: Item "None" of "Optional[Match[str]]" has no attribute "groupdict"
 strict_optional = False
 [mypy-zerver/tests/test_auth_backends]  #2079: error: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "Optional[UserProfile]", variable has type "UserProfile")
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_logging_handlers.py b/zerver/tests/test_logging_handlers.py
index b73b1f5d08..9a38509095 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_logging_handlers.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_logging_handlers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import sys
 from functools import wraps
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterator, NoReturn, Optional, Tuple, Type, cast
+from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterator, NoReturn, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union, cast
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from zerver.lib.types import ViewFuncT
 from zerver.logging_handlers import AdminNotifyHandler, HasRequest
 
 captured_request: Optional[HttpRequest] = None
-captured_exc_info: Tuple[Optional[Type[BaseException]], Optional[BaseException], Optional[TracebackType]] = None
+captured_exc_info: Optional[Union[Tuple[Type[BaseException], BaseException, TracebackType], Tuple[None, None, None]]] = None
 def capture_and_throw(domain: Optional[str]=None) -> Callable[[ViewFuncT], ViewFuncT]:
     def wrapper(view_func: ViewFuncT) -> ViewFuncT:
         @wraps(view_func)