diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py
index caef1ac..004e357 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_all.py
@@ -412,9 +412,6 @@
         def get_dbp(self) :
             return self._db
 
-    import string
-    string.letters=[chr(i) for i in xrange(65,91)]
-
     bsddb._db.DBEnv_orig = bsddb._db.DBEnv
     bsddb._db.DB_orig = bsddb._db.DB
     if bsddb.db.version() <= (4, 3) :
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py
index 3c57be4..1459d36 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_basics.py
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@
         for x in "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".split():
             d2.put(x, self.makeData(x))
 
-        for x in string.letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d3.put(x, x*70)
 
         d1.sync()
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@
             if verbose:
                 print rec
             rec = c3.next()
-        self.assertEqual(count, len(string.letters))
+        self.assertEqual(count, len(string.ascii_letters))
 
 
         c1.close()
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py
index c3701e1..e5609c5 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_dbshelve.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             return bytes(key, "iso8859-1")  # 8 bits
 
     def populateDB(self, d):
-        for x in string.letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d[self.mk('S' + x)] = 10 * x           # add a string
             d[self.mk('I' + x)] = ord(x)           # add an integer
             d[self.mk('L' + x)] = [x] * 10         # add a list
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_get_none.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_get_none.py
index 8763b54..541044c 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_get_none.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_get_none.py
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
         d.open(self.filename, db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE)
         d.set_get_returns_none(1)
 
-        for x in string.letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d.put(x, x * 40)
 
         data = d.get('bad key')
         self.assertEqual(data, None)
 
-        data = d.get(string.letters[0])
-        self.assertEqual(data, string.letters[0]*40)
+        data = d.get(string.ascii_letters[0])
+        self.assertEqual(data, string.ascii_letters[0]*40)
 
         count = 0
         c = d.cursor()
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             rec = c.next()
 
         self.assertEqual(rec, None)
-        self.assertEqual(count, len(string.letters))
+        self.assertEqual(count, len(string.ascii_letters))
 
         c.close()
         d.close()
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
         d.open(self.filename, db.DB_BTREE, db.DB_CREATE)
         d.set_get_returns_none(0)
 
-        for x in string.letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d.put(x, x * 40)
 
         self.assertRaises(db.DBNotFoundError, d.get, 'bad key')
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, d.get, 'bad key')
 
-        data = d.get(string.letters[0])
-        self.assertEqual(data, string.letters[0]*40)
+        data = d.get(string.ascii_letters[0])
+        self.assertEqual(data, string.ascii_letters[0]*40)
 
         count = 0
         exceptionHappened = 0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
         self.assertNotEqual(rec, None)
         self.assertTrue(exceptionHappened)
-        self.assertEqual(count, len(string.letters))
+        self.assertEqual(count, len(string.ascii_letters))
 
         c.close()
         d.close()
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py
index d3a0c8b..5fa22ee 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_queue.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-@unittest.skip("fails on Windows; see issue 22943")
 class SimpleQueueTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.filename = get_new_database_path()
@@ -37,17 +36,17 @@
             print "before appends" + '-' * 30
             pprint(d.stat())
 
-        for x in string.letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d.append(x * 40)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.letters))
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.ascii_letters))
 
         d.put(100, "some more data")
         d.put(101, "and some more ")
         d.put(75,  "out of order")
         d.put(1,   "replacement data")
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.letters)+3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.ascii_letters)+3)
 
         if verbose:
             print "before close" + '-' * 30
@@ -108,17 +107,17 @@
             print "before appends" + '-' * 30
             pprint(d.stat())
 
-        for x in string.letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d.append(x * 40)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.letters))
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.ascii_letters))
 
         d.put(100, "some more data")
         d.put(101, "and some more ")
         d.put(75,  "out of order")
         d.put(1,   "replacement data")
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.letters)+3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(string.ascii_letters)+3)
 
         if verbose:
             print "before close" + '-' * 30
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py
index fb6956a..b0e30de 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_recno.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 import os, sys
 import errno
 from pprint import pprint
+import string
 import unittest
 
 from test_all import db, test_support, verbose, get_new_environment_path, get_new_database_path
 
-letters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
-
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
 
         d.open(self.filename, db.DB_RECNO, db.DB_CREATE)
 
-        for x in letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             recno = d.append(x * 60)
             self.assertIsInstance(recno, int)
             self.assertGreaterEqual(recno, 1)
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@
         d.set_re_pad(45)  # ...test both int and char
         d.open(self.filename, db.DB_RECNO, db.DB_CREATE)
 
-        for x in letters:
+        for x in string.ascii_letters:
             d.append(x * 35)    # These will be padded
 
         d.append('.' * 40)      # this one will be exact
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 040b950..4b42d62 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 - Issue #18905: "pydoc -p 0" now outputs actually used port.  Based on patch by
   Wieland Hoffmann.
 
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Issue #22943: bsddb tests are locale independend now.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.7.9?
 ===========================