diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
index ba5af57..160c1cc 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         Handle requests from the proxies in a particular process/thread
         '''
         util.debug('starting server thread to service %r',
-                   threading.current_thread().get_name())
+                   threading.current_thread().name)
 
         recv = conn.recv
         send = conn.send
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
             except EOFError:
                 util.debug('got EOF -- exiting thread serving %r',
-                           threading.current_thread().get_name())
+                           threading.current_thread().name)
                 sys.exit(0)
 
             except Exception:
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
                     send(('#UNSERIALIZABLE', repr(msg)))
             except Exception, e:
                 util.info('exception in thread serving %r',
-                        threading.current_thread().get_name())
+                        threading.current_thread().name)
                 util.info(' ... message was %r', msg)
                 util.info(' ... exception was %r', e)
                 conn.close()
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
         '''
         Spawn a new thread to serve this connection
         '''
-        threading.current_thread().set_name(name)
+        threading.current_thread().name = name
         c.send(('#RETURN', None))
         self.serve_client(c)
 
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@
     def _connect(self):
         util.debug('making connection to manager')
         name = current_process().get_name()
-        if threading.current_thread().get_name() != 'MainThread':
-            name += '|' + threading.current_thread().get_name()
+        if threading.current_thread().name != 'MainThread':
+            name += '|' + threading.current_thread().name
         conn = self._Client(self._token.address, authkey=self._authkey)
         dispatch(conn, None, 'accept_connection', (name,))
         self._tls.connection = conn
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
             conn = self._tls.connection
         except AttributeError:
             util.debug('thread %r does not own a connection',
-                       threading.current_thread().get_name())
+                       threading.current_thread().name)
             self._connect()
             conn = self._tls.connection
 
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
         # the process owns no more references to objects for this manager
         if not idset and hasattr(tls, 'connection'):
             util.debug('thread %r has no more proxies so closing conn',
-                       threading.current_thread().get_name())
+                       threading.current_thread().name)
             tls.connection.close()
             del tls.connection
 
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
index 7235a41..bfb5f09 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                   self._wlock, self._writer.close),
             name='QueueFeederThread'
             )
-        self._thread.set_daemon(True)
+        self._thread.daemon = True
 
         debug('doing self._thread.start()')
         self._thread.start()