diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_arrays.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_arrays.py
index 142bae8..8b5476d 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_arrays.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_arrays.py
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@
 
         self.failUnlessEqual(len(ca), 3)
 
-        # slicing is now supported, but not extended slicing (3-argument)!
-        from operator import getslice, delitem
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, getslice, ca, 0, 1, -1)
-
         # cannot delete items
+        from operator import delitem
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, delitem, ca, 0)
 
     def test_numeric_arrays(self):
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_slicing.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_slicing.py
index 4974302..7c863c1 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_slicing.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_slicing.py
@@ -45,21 +45,17 @@
         b[33::-3] = range(12)
         self.failUnlessEqual(a[:], b)
 
-        from operator import setslice, setitem
+        from operator import setitem
 
         # TypeError: int expected instead of str instance
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, setslice, a, 0, 5, "abcde")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, a, slice(0, 5), "abcde")
         # TypeError: int expected instead of str instance
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, setslice, a, 0, 5, ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, a, slice(0, 5),
                           ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"])
         # TypeError: int expected instead of float instance
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, setslice, a, 0, 5, [1, 2, 3, 4, 3.14])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, a, slice(0, 5),
                           [1, 2, 3, 4, 3.14])
         # ValueError: Can only assign sequence of same size
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, setslice, a, 0, 5, range(32))
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, setitem, a, slice(0, 5), range(32))
 
     def test_char_ptr(self):
@@ -86,8 +82,6 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, operator.getitem,
                           res, slice(-5, None, None))
 
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.setslice,
-                          res, 0, 5, "abcde")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.setitem,
                           res, slice(0, 5), "abcde")
         dll.my_free(res)
@@ -150,8 +144,6 @@
             self.failUnlessEqual(res[len(s)-1:5:-7], s[:5:-7])
 
             import operator
-            self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.setslice,
-                              res, 0, 5, "abcde")
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.setitem,
                               res, slice(0, 5), "abcde")
             dll.my_free(res)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_operator.py b/Lib/test/test_operator.py
index 84b821e..d6146ee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_operator.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_operator.py
@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@
         self.failUnless(operator.delitem(a, 1) is None)
         self.assert_(a == [4, 2, 1])
 
-    def test_delslice(self):
-        a = list(range(10))
-        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.delslice, a)
-        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.delslice, a, None, None)
-        self.failUnless(operator.delslice(a, 2, 8) is None)
-        self.assert_(a == [0, 1, 8, 9])
-        operator.delslice(a, 0, test_support.MAX_Py_ssize_t)
-        self.assertEqual(a, [])
-
     def test_floordiv(self):
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.floordiv, 5)
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.floordiv, None, None)
@@ -162,14 +153,6 @@
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.getitem, a, None)
         self.failUnless(operator.getitem(a, 2) == 2)
 
-    def test_getslice(self):
-        a = list(range(10))
-        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.getslice)
-        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.getslice, a, None, None)
-        self.failUnless(operator.getslice(a, 4, 6) == [4, 5])
-        b = operator.getslice(a, 0, test_support.MAX_Py_ssize_t)
-        self.assertEqual(b, a)
-
     def test_indexOf(self):
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.indexOf)
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.indexOf, None, None)
@@ -298,15 +281,6 @@
         self.assert_(a == [2, 1, 2])
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, operator.setitem, a, 4, 2)
 
-    def test_setslice(self):
-        a = list(range(4))
-        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.setslice, a)
-        self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.setslice, a, None, None, None)
-        self.failUnless(operator.setslice(a, 1, 3, [2, 1]) is None)
-        self.assert_(a == [0, 2, 1, 3])
-        operator.setslice(a, 0, test_support.MAX_Py_ssize_t, [])
-        self.assertEqual(a, [])
-
     def test_sub(self):
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.sub)
         self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, operator.sub, None, None)