diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index 2ac920e..02a1b1d 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 
         # Check for a class with a custom metaclass; treat as regular class
         try:
-            issc = issubclass(t, type)
+            issc = issubclass(t, TypeType)
         except TypeError: # t is not a class (old Boost; see SF #502085)
             issc = 0
         if issc:
@@ -313,12 +313,12 @@
                                         (t.__name__, obj))
 
         # Check for string returned by reduce(), meaning "save as global"
-        if type(rv) is str:
+        if type(rv) is StringType:
             self.save_global(obj, rv)
             return
 
         # Assert that reduce() returned a tuple
-        if type(rv) is not tuple:
+        if type(rv) is not TupleType:
             raise PicklingError("%s must return string or tuple" % reduce)
 
         # Assert that it returned an appropriately sized tuple
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
         # This API is called by some subclasses
 
         # Assert that args is a tuple or None
-        if not isinstance(args, tuple):
+        if not isinstance(args, TupleType):
             raise PicklingError("args from reduce() should be a tuple")
 
         # Assert that func is callable
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 
     def save_none(self, obj):
         self.write(NONE)
-    dispatch[type(None)] = save_none
+    dispatch[NoneType] = save_none
 
     def save_bool(self, obj):
         if self.proto >= 2:
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
                 return
         # Text pickle, or int too big to fit in signed 4-byte format.
         self.write(INT + repr(obj) + '\n')
-    dispatch[int] = save_int
+    dispatch[IntType] = save_int
 
     def save_long(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
         if self.proto >= 2:
@@ -468,14 +468,14 @@
                 self.write(LONG4 + pack("<i", n) + bytes)
             return
         self.write(LONG + repr(obj) + '\n')
-    dispatch[long] = save_long
+    dispatch[LongType] = save_long
 
     def save_float(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
         if self.bin:
             self.write(BINFLOAT + pack('>d', obj))
         else:
             self.write(FLOAT + repr(obj) + '\n')
-    dispatch[float] = save_float
+    dispatch[FloatType] = save_float
 
     def save_string(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
         if self.bin:
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
         else:
             self.write(STRING + repr(obj) + '\n')
         self.memoize(obj)
-    dispatch[str] = save_string
+    dispatch[StringType] = save_string
 
     def save_unicode(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
         if self.bin:
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
         self.memoize(obj)
     dispatch[UnicodeType] = save_unicode
 
-    if str == UnicodeType:
+    if StringType == UnicodeType:
         # This is true for Jython
         def save_string(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
             unicode = obj.isunicode()
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
                 else:
                     self.write(STRING + repr(obj) + '\n')
             self.memoize(obj)
-        dispatch[str] = save_string
+        dispatch[StringType] = save_string
 
     def save_tuple(self, obj):
         write = self.write
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
         self.write(TUPLE)
         self.memoize(obj)
 
-    dispatch[tuple] = save_tuple
+    dispatch[TupleType] = save_tuple
 
     # save_empty_tuple() isn't used by anything in Python 2.3.  However, I
     # found a Pickler subclass in Zope3 that calls it, so it's not harmless
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
         self.memoize(obj)
         self._batch_appends(iter(obj))
 
-    dispatch[list] = save_list
+    dispatch[ListType] = save_list
 
     # Keep in synch with cPickle's BATCHSIZE.  Nothing will break if it gets
     # out of synch, though.
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
         self.memoize(obj)
         self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
 
-    dispatch[dict] = save_dict
+    dispatch[DictionaryType] = save_dict
     if not PyStringMap is None:
         dispatch[PyStringMap] = save_dict
 
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
     dispatch[ClassType] = save_global
     dispatch[FunctionType] = save_global
     dispatch[BuiltinFunctionType] = save_global
-    dispatch[type] = save_global
+    dispatch[TypeType] = save_global
 
 # Pickling helpers
 
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index 4d3305a..7b68196 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 
 import re, string, time, operator
 
-from types import InstanceType
+from types import *
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Internal stuff
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@
     """
 
     def __init__(self, value=0):
-        if not isinstance(value, str):
-            if not isinstance(value, (tuple, time.struct_time)):
+        if not isinstance(value, StringType):
+            if not isinstance(value, (TupleType, time.struct_time)):
                 if value == 0:
                     value = time.time()
                 value = time.localtime(value)
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
         if not self.allow_none:
             raise TypeError, "cannot marshal None unless allow_none is enabled"
         write("<value><nil/></value>")
-    dispatch[type(None)] = dump_nil
+    dispatch[NoneType] = dump_nil
 
     def dump_int(self, value, write):
         # in case ints are > 32 bits
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
         write("<value><int>")
         write(str(value))
         write("</int></value>\n")
-    dispatch[int] = dump_int
+    dispatch[IntType] = dump_int
 
     if _bool_is_builtin:
         def dump_bool(self, value, write):
@@ -642,19 +642,19 @@
         write("<value><int>")
         write(str(int(value)))
         write("</int></value>\n")
-    dispatch[long] = dump_long
+    dispatch[LongType] = dump_long
 
     def dump_double(self, value, write):
         write("<value><double>")
         write(repr(value))
         write("</double></value>\n")
-    dispatch[float] = dump_double
+    dispatch[FloatType] = dump_double
 
     def dump_string(self, value, write, escape=escape):
         write("<value><string>")
         write(escape(value))
         write("</string></value>\n")
-    dispatch[str] = dump_string
+    dispatch[StringType] = dump_string
 
     if unicode:
         def dump_unicode(self, value, write, escape=escape):
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
             write("<value><string>")
             write(escape(value))
             write("</string></value>\n")
-        dispatch[unicode] = dump_unicode
+        dispatch[UnicodeType] = dump_unicode
 
     def dump_array(self, value, write):
         i = id(value)
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@
             dump(v, write)
         write("</data></array></value>\n")
         del self.memo[i]
-    dispatch[tuple] = dump_array
-    dispatch[list] = dump_array
+    dispatch[TupleType] = dump_array
+    dispatch[ListType] = dump_array
 
     def dump_struct(self, value, write, escape=escape):
         i = id(value)
@@ -687,8 +687,8 @@
         write("<value><struct>\n")
         for k, v in value.items():
             write("<member>\n")
-            if type(k) is not str:
-                if unicode and type(k) is unicode:
+            if type(k) is not StringType:
+                if unicode and type(k) is UnicodeType:
                     k = k.encode(self.encoding)
                 else:
                     raise TypeError, "dictionary key must be string"
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@
             write("</member>\n")
         write("</struct></value>\n")
         del self.memo[i]
-    dispatch[dict] = dump_struct
+    dispatch[DictType] = dump_struct
 
     def dump_instance(self, value, write):
         # check for special wrappers
@@ -1010,12 +1010,12 @@
     where necessary.
     """
 
-    assert isinstance(params, tuple) or isinstance(params, Fault),\
+    assert isinstance(params, TupleType) or isinstance(params, Fault),\
            "argument must be tuple or Fault instance"
 
     if isinstance(params, Fault):
         methodresponse = 1
-    elif methodresponse and isinstance(params, tuple):
+    elif methodresponse and isinstance(params, TupleType):
         assert len(params) == 1, "response tuple must be a singleton"
 
     if not encoding:
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
     # standard XML-RPC wrappings
     if methodname:
         # a method call
-        if not isinstance(methodname, str):
+        if not isinstance(methodname, StringType):
             methodname = methodname.encode(encoding)
         data = (
             xmlheader,
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@
     def get_host_info(self, host):
 
         x509 = {}
-        if isinstance(host, tuple):
+        if isinstance(host, TupleType):
             host, x509 = host
 
         import urllib
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
         host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
         connection.putheader("Host", host)
         if extra_headers:
-            if isinstance(extra_headers, dict):
+            if isinstance(extra_headers, DictType):
                 extra_headers = extra_headers.items()
             for key, value in extra_headers:
                 connection.putheader(key, value)