diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index 7c3d90b..4e87437 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         delay = random.random() / 10000.0
         if verbose:
             print 'task %s will run for %.1f usec' % (
-                self.get_name(), delay * 1e6)
+                self.name, delay * 1e6)
 
         with self.sema:
             with self.mutex:
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@
 
             time.sleep(delay)
             if verbose:
-                print 'task', self.get_name(), 'done'
+                print 'task', self.name, 'done'
 
             with self.mutex:
                 self.nrunning.dec()
                 self.testcase.assert_(self.nrunning.get() >= 0)
                 if verbose:
                     print '%s is finished. %d tasks are running' % (
-                        self.get_name(), self.nrunning.get())
+                        self.name, self.nrunning.get())
 
 class ThreadTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
                     worker_saw_exception.set()
 
         t = Worker()
-        t.set_daemon(True) # so if this fails, we don't hang Python at shutdown
+        t.daemon = True # so if this fails, we don't hang Python at shutdown
         t.start()
         if verbose:
             print "    started worker thread"
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
                 print 'program blocked; aborting'
                 os._exit(2)
             t = threading.Thread(target=killer)
-            t.set_daemon(True)
+            t.daemon = True
             t.start()
 
             # This is the trace function
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
     def test_daemonize_active_thread(self):
         thread = threading.Thread()
         thread.start()
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, thread.set_daemon, True)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, setattr, thread, "daemon", True)
 
 
 def test_main():