diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 0045151..cba70ed 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -1337,7 +1337,6 @@
                 self.expected.add('test_timeout')
 
             if sys.maxint == 9223372036854775807L:
-                self.expected.add('test_rgbimg')
                 self.expected.add('test_imageop')
 
             if not sys.platform in ("mac", "darwin"):
@@ -1352,6 +1351,11 @@
                 for skip in WIN_ONLY:
                     self.expected.add(skip)
 
+            if sys.platform != 'irix':
+                IRIX_ONLY =["test_imageop"]
+                for skip in IRIX_ONLY:
+                    self.expected.add(skip)
+
             self.valid = True
 
     def isvalid(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_imageop.py b/Lib/test/test_imageop.py
index b01e83f..8789c13 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_imageop.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_imageop.py
@@ -10,20 +10,13 @@
 import imageop, uu, os
 
 import warnings
-warnings.filterwarnings("ignore",
-                        "the rgbimg module is deprecated",
-                        DeprecationWarning,
-                        ".*test_imageop")
 
-def main(use_rgbimg=1):
+def main():
 
     # Create binary test files
     uu.decode(get_qualified_path('testrgb'+os.extsep+'uue'), 'test'+os.extsep+'rgb')
 
-    if use_rgbimg:
-        image, width, height = getrgbimage('test'+os.extsep+'rgb')
-    else:
-        image, width, height = getimage('test'+os.extsep+'rgb')
+    image, width, height = getimage('test'+os.extsep+'rgb')
 
     # Return the selected part of image, which should by width by height
     # in size and consist of pixels of psize bytes.
@@ -122,23 +115,6 @@
     # Cleanup
     unlink('test'+os.extsep+'rgb')
 
-def getrgbimage(name):
-    """return a tuple consisting of image (in 'imgfile' format but
-    using rgbimg instead) width and height"""
-
-    import rgbimg
-
-    try:
-        sizes = rgbimg.sizeofimage(name)
-    except rgbimg.error:
-        name = get_qualified_path(name)
-        sizes = rgbimg.sizeofimage(name)
-    if verbose:
-        print 'rgbimg opening test image: %s, sizes: %s' % (name, str(sizes))
-
-    image = rgbimg.longimagedata(name)
-    return (image, sizes[0], sizes[1])
-
 def getimage(name):
     """return a tuple consisting of
        image (in 'imgfile' format) width and height
@@ -172,6 +148,4 @@
             return fullname
     return name
 
-# rgbimg (unlike imgfile) is portable to platforms other than SGI.
-# So we prefer to use it.
-main(use_rgbimg=1)
+main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_rgbimg.py b/Lib/test/test_rgbimg.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 650c02a..0000000
--- a/Lib/test/test_rgbimg.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Testing rgbimg module
-
-import warnings
-warnings.filterwarnings("ignore",
-                        "the rgbimg module is deprecated",
-                        DeprecationWarning,
-                        ".*test_rgbimg$")
-import rgbimg
-
-import os, uu
-
-from test.test_support import verbose, unlink, findfile
-
-class error(Exception):
-    pass
-
-print 'RGBimg test suite:'
-
-def testimg(rgb_file, raw_file):
-    rgb_file = findfile(rgb_file)
-    raw_file = findfile(raw_file)
-    width, height = rgbimg.sizeofimage(rgb_file)
-    rgb = rgbimg.longimagedata(rgb_file)
-    if len(rgb) != width * height * 4:
-        raise error, 'bad image length'
-    raw = open(raw_file, 'rb').read()
-    if rgb != raw:
-        raise error, \
-              'images don\'t match for '+rgb_file+' and '+raw_file
-    for depth in [1, 3, 4]:
-        rgbimg.longstoimage(rgb, width, height, depth, '@.rgb')
-    os.unlink('@.rgb')
-
-table = [
-    ('testrgb'+os.extsep+'uue', 'test'+os.extsep+'rgb'),
-    ('testimg'+os.extsep+'uue', 'test'+os.extsep+'rawimg'),
-    ('testimgr'+os.extsep+'uue', 'test'+os.extsep+'rawimg'+os.extsep+'rev'),
-    ]
-for source, target in table:
-    source = findfile(source)
-    target = findfile(target)
-    if verbose:
-        print "uudecoding", source, "->", target, "..."
-    uu.decode(source, target)
-
-if verbose:
-    print "testing..."
-
-ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
-if ttob != 0:
-    raise error, 'ttob should start out as zero'
-
-testimg('test'+os.extsep+'rgb', 'test'+os.extsep+'rawimg')
-
-ttob = rgbimg.ttob(1)
-if ttob != 0:
-    raise error, 'ttob should be zero'
-
-testimg('test'+os.extsep+'rgb', 'test'+os.extsep+'rawimg'+os.extsep+'rev')
-
-ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
-if ttob != 1:
-    raise error, 'ttob should be one'
-
-ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
-if ttob != 0:
-    raise error, 'ttob should be zero'
-
-for source, target in table:
-    unlink(findfile(target))