diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bool.py b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
index 15e1ef7..97ac480 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 
     def test_fileclosed(self):
         try:
-            f = file(test_support.TESTFN, "w")
+            f = open(test_support.TESTFN, "w")
             self.assertIs(f.closed, False)
             f.close()
             self.assertIs(f.closed, True)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
index 8561723..518005a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
         self.createTempFile()
         bz2f = BZ2File(self.filename, "U")
         bz2f.close()
-        f = file(self.filename)
+        f = open(self.filename)
         f.seek(0, 2)
         self.assertEqual(f.tell(), len(self.DATA))
         f.close()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 3fb01e7..53054ad 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@
                 self.ateof = 1
             return s
 
-    f = file(name=TESTFN, mode='w')
+    f = open(name=TESTFN, mode='w')
     lines = ['a\n', 'b\n', 'c\n']
     try:
         f.writelines(lines)
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@
     sandbox = rexec.RExec()
 
     code1 = """f = open(%r, 'w')""" % TESTFN
-    code2 = """f = file(%r, 'w')""" % TESTFN
+    code2 = """f = open(%r, 'w')""" % TESTFN
     code3 = """\
 f = open(%r)
 t = type(f)  # a sneaky way to get the file() constructor
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index e9f9ef1..1030f97 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         unittest.TestCase.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
-        self.source = file(inspect.getsourcefile(self.fodderFile)).read()
+        self.source = open(inspect.getsourcefile(self.fodderFile)).read()
 
     def sourcerange(self, top, bottom):
         lines = self.source.split("\n")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_iter.py b/Lib/test/test_iter.py
index 324eb68..81be7e1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_iter.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_iter.py
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
 
     # Test iterators with file.writelines().
     def test_writelines(self):
-        f = file(TESTFN, "w")
+        f = open(TESTFN, "w")
 
         try:
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, f.writelines, None)
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
             f.writelines(Whatever(6, 6+2000))
             f.close()
 
-            f = file(TESTFN)
+            f = open(TESTFN)
             expected = [str(i) + "\n" for i in range(1, 2006)]
             self.assertEqual(list(f), expected)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
index f87495b..4467577 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
                 s = marshal.dumps(expected)
                 got = marshal.loads(s)
                 self.assertEqual(expected, got)
-                marshal.dump(expected, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-                got = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+                marshal.dump(expected, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+                got = marshal.load( open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
                 self.assertEqual(expected, got)
             n = n >> 1
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
             new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(b))
             self.assertEqual(b, new)
             self.assertEqual(type(b), type(new))
-            marshal.dump(b, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-            new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+            marshal.dump(b, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+            new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
             self.assertEqual(b, new)
             self.assertEqual(type(b), type(new))
 
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
                 s = marshal.dumps(f)
                 got = marshal.loads(s)
                 self.assertEqual(f, got)
-                marshal.dump(f, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-                got = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+                marshal.dump(f, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+                got = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
                 self.assertEqual(f, got)
             n /= 123.4567
 
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@
                 got = marshal.loads(s)
                 self.assertEqual(f, got)
 
-                marshal.dump(f, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-                got = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+                marshal.dump(f, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+                got = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
                 self.assertEqual(f, got)
 
-                marshal.dump(f, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"), 1)
-                got = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+                marshal.dump(f, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"), 1)
+                got = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
                 self.assertEqual(f, got)
             n *= 123.4567
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
             new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(s))
             self.assertEqual(s, new)
             self.assertEqual(type(s), type(new))
-            marshal.dump(s, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-            new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+            marshal.dump(s, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+            new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
             self.assertEqual(s, new)
             self.assertEqual(type(s), type(new))
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
             new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(s))
             self.assertEqual(s, new)
             self.assertEqual(type(s), type(new))
-            marshal.dump(s, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-            new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+            marshal.dump(s, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+            new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
             self.assertEqual(s, new)
             self.assertEqual(type(s), type(new))
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
             b = buffer(s)
             new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(b))
             self.assertEqual(s, new)
-            marshal.dump(b, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-            new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+            marshal.dump(b, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+            new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
             self.assertEqual(s, new)
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
     def test_dict(self):
         new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(self.d))
         self.assertEqual(self.d, new)
-        marshal.dump(self.d, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-        new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+        marshal.dump(self.d, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+        new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
         self.assertEqual(self.d, new)
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@
         lst = self.d.items()
         new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(lst))
         self.assertEqual(lst, new)
-        marshal.dump(lst, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-        new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+        marshal.dump(lst, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+        new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
         self.assertEqual(lst, new)
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
         t = tuple(self.d.keys())
         new = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(t))
         self.assertEqual(t, new)
-        marshal.dump(t, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-        new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+        marshal.dump(t, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+        new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
         self.assertEqual(t, new)
         os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
             self.assertEqual(t, new)
             self.assert_(isinstance(new, constructor))
             self.assertNotEqual(id(t), id(new))
-            marshal.dump(t, file(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
-            new = marshal.load(file(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
+            marshal.dump(t, open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb"))
+            new = marshal.load(open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb"))
             self.assertEqual(t, new)
             os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 9497777..bf0e196 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         os.makedirs(sub11_path)
         os.makedirs(sub2_path)
         for path in tmp1_path, tmp2_path, tmp3_path:
-            f = file(path, "w")
+            f = open(path, "w")
             f.write("I'm " + path + " and proud of it.  Blame test_os.\n")
             f.close()
 
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@
 
 class DevNullTests (unittest.TestCase):
     def test_devnull(self):
-        f = file(os.devnull, 'w')
+        f = open(os.devnull, 'w')
         f.write('hello')
         f.close()
-        f = file(os.devnull, 'r')
+        f = open(os.devnull, 'r')
         self.assertEqual(f.read(), '')
         f.close()
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index ebcb8c5..a47afa4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@
             f.close()
         elif self.comp == "bz2":
             f = bz2.BZ2Decompressor()
-            s = file(self.dstname).read()
+            s = open(self.dstname).read()
             s = f.decompress(s)
             self.assertEqual(len(f.unused_data), 0, "trailing data")
         else:
-            f = file(self.dstname)
+            f = open(self.dstname)
             s = f.read()
             f.close()
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode_file.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode_file.py
index 6443efd..0058d98 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode_file.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     # top-level 'test' functions would be if they could take params
     def _test_single(self, filename):
         remove_if_exists(filename)
-        f = file(filename, "w")
+        f = open(filename, "w")
         f.close()
         try:
             self._do_single(filename)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     def _test_equivalent(self, filename1, filename2):
         remove_if_exists(filename1)
         self.failUnless(not os.path.exists(filename2))
-        f = file(filename1, "w")
+        f = open(filename1, "w")
         f.close()
         try:
             self._do_equivilent(filename1, filename2)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 4579c47..eb962d2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         """Setup of a temp file to use for testing"""
         self.text = "test_urllib: %s\n" % self.__class__.__name__
-        FILE = file(test_support.TESTFN, 'wb')
+        FILE = open(test_support.TESTFN, 'wb')
         try:
             FILE.write(self.text)
         finally:
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         self.registerFileForCleanUp(test_support.TESTFN)
         self.text = 'testing urllib.urlretrieve'
         try:
-            FILE = file(test_support.TESTFN, 'wb')
+            FILE = open(test_support.TESTFN, 'wb')
             FILE.write(self.text)
             FILE.close()
         finally:
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(second_temp, result[0])
         self.assert_(os.path.exists(second_temp), "copy of the file was not "
                                                   "made")
-        FILE = file(second_temp, 'rb')
+        FILE = open(second_temp, 'rb')
         try:
             text = FILE.read()
             FILE.close()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
index 9105afe..675184b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         file_location,info = urllib.urlretrieve("http://www.python.org/")
         self.assert_(os.path.exists(file_location), "file location returned by"
                         " urlretrieve is not a valid path")
-        FILE = file(file_location)
+        FILE = open(file_location)
         try:
             self.assert_(FILE.read(), "reading from the file location returned"
                          " by urlretrieve failed")
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                                                 test_support.TESTFN)
         self.assertEqual(file_location, test_support.TESTFN)
         self.assert_(os.path.exists(file_location))
-        FILE = file(file_location)
+        FILE = open(file_location)
         try:
             self.assert_(FILE.read(), "reading from temporary file failed")
         finally: