diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index 5797aef..13a5241 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -196,17 +196,6 @@
         a.pop(); b.pop(); c.pop()
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp)
 
-    def test_coerce(self):
-        self.assert_(not fcmp(coerce(1, 1.1), (1.0, 1.1)))
-        self.assertEqual(coerce(1, 1L), (1L, 1L))
-        self.assert_(not fcmp(coerce(1L, 1.1), (1.0, 1.1)))
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, coerce)
-        class BadNumber:
-            def __coerce__(self, other):
-                raise ValueError
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, coerce, 42, BadNumber())
-        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, coerce, 0.5, int("12345" * 1000))
-
     def test_compile(self):
         compile('print 1\n', '', 'exec')
         bom = '\xef\xbb\xbf'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_complex.py b/Lib/test/test_complex.py
index 035f524..4aa799d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_complex.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_complex.py
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@
         self.assertAlmostEqual(complex.__floordiv__(3+0j, 1.5+0j), 2)
         self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError, complex.__floordiv__, 3+0j, 0+0j)
 
-    def test_coerce(self):
-        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, complex.__coerce__, 1+1j, 1L<<10000)
-
     def test_richcompare(self):
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, complex.__eq__, 1+1j, 1L<<10000)
         self.assertEqual(complex.__lt__(1+1j, None), NotImplemented)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 01fd685..00800a7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -2567,33 +2567,6 @@
                     verify(eval("x %s c[y]" % op) == eval("x %s y" % op),
                            "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
 
-def coercions():
-    if verbose: print "Testing coercions..."
-    class I(int): pass
-    coerce(I(0), 0)
-    coerce(0, I(0))
-    class L(long): pass
-    coerce(L(0), 0)
-    coerce(L(0), 0L)
-    coerce(0, L(0))
-    coerce(0L, L(0))
-    class F(float): pass
-    coerce(F(0), 0)
-    coerce(F(0), 0L)
-    coerce(F(0), 0.)
-    coerce(0, F(0))
-    coerce(0L, F(0))
-    coerce(0., F(0))
-    class C(complex): pass
-    coerce(C(0), 0)
-    coerce(C(0), 0L)
-    coerce(C(0), 0.)
-    coerce(C(0), 0j)
-    coerce(0, C(0))
-    coerce(0L, C(0))
-    coerce(0., C(0))
-    coerce(0j, C(0))
-
 def descrdoc():
     if verbose: print "Testing descriptor doc strings..."
     def check(descr, what):
@@ -3961,11 +3934,8 @@
                 ('__and__',      'x & y',                   'x &= y'),
                 ('__or__',       'x | y',                   'x |= y'),
                 ('__xor__',      'x ^ y',                   'x ^= y'),
-                ('__coerce__',   'coerce(x, y)',            None)]:
-            if name == '__coerce__':
-                rname = name
-            else:
-                rname = '__r' + name[2:]
+                ]:
+            rname = '__r' + name[2:]
             A = metaclass('A', (), {name: specialmethod})
             B = metaclass('B', (), {rname: specialmethod})
             a = A()
@@ -4043,7 +4013,6 @@
     str_subclass_as_dict_key()
     classic_comparisons()
     rich_comparisons()
-    coercions()
     descrdoc()
     setclass()
     setdict()