diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
index 28bb4d6..56ab631 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import pickle
 import select
 import signal
-import socket
 import struct
 import subprocess
 import traceback
@@ -252,43 +251,21 @@
 class WakeupFDTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_invalid_fd(self):
-        if sys.platform == "win32":
-            sock = socket.socket()
-            fd = sock.fileno()
-            sock.close()
-        else:
-            fd = support.make_bad_fd()
+        fd = support.make_bad_fd()
         self.assertRaises((ValueError, OSError),
                           signal.set_wakeup_fd, fd)
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == "win32", 'test specific to Windows')
-    def test_only_socket(self):
-        # set_wakeup_fd() expects a socket on Windows
-        with open(support.TESTFN, 'wb') as fp:
-            self.addCleanup(support.unlink, support.TESTFN)
-            self.assertRaises(ValueError,
-                              signal.set_wakeup_fd, fp.fileno())
-
     def test_set_wakeup_fd_result(self):
-        if sys.platform == 'win32':
-            sock1 = socket.socket()
-            self.addCleanup(sock1.close)
-            fd1 = sock1.fileno()
+        r1, w1 = os.pipe()
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, r1)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, w1)
+        r2, w2 = os.pipe()
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, r2)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, w2)
 
-            sock2 = socket.socket()
-            self.addCleanup(sock2.close)
-            fd2 = sock2.fileno()
-        else:
-            r1, fd1 = os.pipe()
-            self.addCleanup(os.close, r1)
-            self.addCleanup(os.close, fd1)
-            r2, fd2 = os.pipe()
-            self.addCleanup(os.close, r2)
-            self.addCleanup(os.close, fd2)
-
-        signal.set_wakeup_fd(fd1)
-        self.assertIs(signal.set_wakeup_fd(fd2), fd1)
-        self.assertIs(signal.set_wakeup_fd(-1), fd2)
+        signal.set_wakeup_fd(w1)
+        self.assertIs(signal.set_wakeup_fd(w2), w1)
+        self.assertIs(signal.set_wakeup_fd(-1), w2)
         self.assertIs(signal.set_wakeup_fd(-1), -1)
 
 
@@ -464,90 +441,6 @@
         """,  signal.SIGUSR1, signal.SIGUSR2, ordered=False)
 
 
-@unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(socket, 'socketpair'), 'need socket.socketpair')
-class WakeupSocketSignalTests(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
-    def test_socket(self):
-        # use a subprocess to have only one thread
-        code = """if 1:
-        import signal
-        import socket
-        import struct
-        import _testcapi
-
-        signum = signal.SIGINT
-        signals = (signum,)
-
-        def handler(signum, frame):
-            pass
-
-        signal.signal(signum, handler)
-
-        read, write = socket.socketpair()
-        read.setblocking(False)
-        write.setblocking(False)
-        signal.set_wakeup_fd(write.fileno())
-
-        _testcapi.raise_signal(signum)
-
-        data = read.recv(1)
-        if not data:
-            raise Exception("no signum written")
-        raised = struct.unpack('B', data)
-        if raised != signals:
-            raise Exception("%r != %r" % (raised, signals))
-
-        read.close()
-        write.close()
-        """
-
-        assert_python_ok('-c', code)
-
-    @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
-    def test_send_error(self):
-        # Use a subprocess to have only one thread.
-        if os.name == 'nt':
-            action = 'send'
-        else:
-            action = 'write'
-        code = """if 1:
-        import errno
-        import signal
-        import socket
-        import sys
-        import time
-        import _testcapi
-        from test.support import captured_stderr
-
-        signum = signal.SIGINT
-
-        def handler(signum, frame):
-            pass
-
-        signal.signal(signum, handler)
-
-        read, write = socket.socketpair()
-        read.setblocking(False)
-        write.setblocking(False)
-
-        signal.set_wakeup_fd(write.fileno())
-
-        # Close sockets: send() will fail
-        read.close()
-        write.close()
-
-        with captured_stderr() as err:
-            _testcapi.raise_signal(signum)
-
-        err = err.getvalue()
-        if ('Exception ignored when trying to {action} to the signal wakeup fd'
-            not in err):
-            raise AssertionError(err)
-        """.format(action=action)
-        assert_python_ok('-c', code)
-
-
 @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32", "Not valid on Windows")
 class SiginterruptTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -1097,7 +990,6 @@
     try:
         support.run_unittest(GenericTests, PosixTests, InterProcessSignalTests,
                              WakeupFDTests, WakeupSignalTests,
-                             WakeupSocketSignalTests,
                              SiginterruptTest, ItimerTest, WindowsSignalTests,
                              PendingSignalsTests)
     finally: