diff --git a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
index 74bdf59..8c367e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
@@ -105,10 +105,12 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestStringIO)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestcStringIO)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestBufferStringIO)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestBuffercStringIO)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestStringIO,
+        TestcStringIO,
+        TestBufferStringIO,
+        TestBuffercStringIO
+    )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test___all__.py b/Lib/test/test___all__.py
index 85ee598..66e6eeb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test___all__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test___all__.py
@@ -192,9 +192,7 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(AllTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(AllTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_base64.py b/Lib/test/test_base64.py
index dfd67a3..f9f75f0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_base64.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_base64.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-from unittest import TestCase
-from test.test_support import vereq, run_unittest
-from base64 import encodestring, decodestring
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+import base64
 
-class Base64TestCase(TestCase):
+class Base64TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_encodestring(self):
-        vereq(encodestring("www.python.org"), "d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n")
-        vereq(encodestring("a"), "YQ==\n")
-        vereq(encodestring("ab"), "YWI=\n")
-        vereq(encodestring("abc"), "YWJj\n")
-        vereq(encodestring(""), "")
-        vereq(encodestring("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+        self.assertEqual(base64.encodestring("www.python.org"), "d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.encodestring("a"), "YQ==\n")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.encodestring("ab"), "YWI=\n")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.encodestring("abc"), "YWJj\n")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.encodestring(""), "")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.encodestring("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
                            "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
                            "0123456789!@#0^&*();:<>,. []{}"),
               "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXpBQkNE"
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@
               "Y3ODkhQCMwXiYqKCk7Ojw+LC4gW117fQ==\n")
 
     def test_decodestring(self):
-        vereq(decodestring("d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n"), "www.python.org")
-        vereq(decodestring("YQ==\n"), "a")
-        vereq(decodestring("YWI=\n"), "ab")
-        vereq(decodestring("YWJj\n"), "abc")
-        vereq(decodestring("YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXpBQkNE"
+        self.assertEqual(base64.decodestring("d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n"), "www.python.org")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.decodestring("YQ==\n"), "a")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.decodestring("YWI=\n"), "ab")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.decodestring("YWJj\n"), "abc")
+        self.assertEqual(base64.decodestring("YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXpBQkNE"
                            "RUZHSElKS0xNTk9QUVJTVFVWV1hZWjAxMjM0\nNT"
                            "Y3ODkhQCMwXiYqKCk7Ojw+LC4gW117fQ==\n"),
               "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
               "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
               "0123456789!@#0^&*();:<>,. []{}")
-        vereq(decodestring(''), '')
+        self.assertEqual(base64.decodestring(''), '')
 
 def test_main():
-    run_unittest(Base64TestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(Base64TestCase)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bisect.py b/Lib/test/test_bisect.py
index f30114d..549978d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bisect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bisect.py
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     from test import test_bisect
-    test_support.run_classtests(TestBisect,
-                                TestInsort)
+    test_support.run_unittest(TestBisect, TestInsort)
     test_support.run_doctest(test_bisect, verbose)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bool.py b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
index aa05944..4fbb0b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(cPickle.dumps(False, True), "I00\n.")
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_classtests(BoolTest)
+    test_support.run_unittest(BoolTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index e5c9770..505da70 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -1219,9 +1219,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, zip, BadSeq(), BadSeq())
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(BuiltinTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(BuiltinTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
index 64ce6ab..5280ba8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
@@ -309,13 +309,12 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, bz2.decompress, self.DATA[:-10])
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for test in (BZ2FileTest,
-                 BZ2CompressorTest,
-                 BZ2DecompressorTest,
-                 FuncTest):
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(test))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        BZ2FileTest,
+        BZ2CompressorTest,
+        BZ2DecompressorTest,
+        FuncTest
+    )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_calendar.py b/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
index c0b746b..f8c6d56 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import calendar
 import unittest
 
-from test.test_support import run_unittest
+from test import test_support
 
 
 class CalendarTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             self.assertEqual(len(d), 13)
 
 def test_main():
-    run_unittest(CalendarTestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(CalendarTestCase)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_call.py b/Lib/test/test_call.py
index 695ab56..99554c7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_call.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_call.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import unittest
-from test.test_support import run_unittest
+from test import test_support
 
 # The test cases here cover several paths through the function calling
 # code.  They depend on the METH_XXX flag that is used to define a C
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    run_unittest(CFunctionCalls)
+    test_support.run_unittest(CFunctionCalls)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py b/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py
index bc0ef5e..b1b495e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTests([unittest.makeSuite(ConfigParserTestCase),
-                    unittest.makeSuite(RawConfigParserTestCase),
-                    unittest.makeSuite(SafeConfigParserTestCase)])
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        ConfigParserTestCase,
+        RawConfigParserTestCase,
+        SafeConfigParserTestCase
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py b/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
index 337d6e5..79d82c1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, unicode, 'abc\001', codecname)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CharmapCodecTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(CharmapCodecTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py b/Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py
index 5c7243a..134d86c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py
@@ -659,9 +659,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, u"\xff".translate, {0xff: ()})
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CodecCallbackTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(CodecCallbackTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_codecs.py b/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
index d451c1b..33a62aa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
@@ -333,13 +333,13 @@
                     raise test_support.TestFailed("Test 3.%d: %s" % (pos+1, str(e)))
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UTF16Test))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(EscapeDecodeTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(RecodingTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(PunycodeTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(NameprepTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        UTF16Test,
+        EscapeDecodeTest,
+        RecodingTest,
+        PunycodeTest,
+        NameprepTest
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_copy.py b/Lib/test/test_copy.py
index cde545d..0e39e83 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_copy.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_copy.py
@@ -516,9 +516,7 @@
         self.assert_(x[0] is not y[0])
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestCopy))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(TestCopy)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cpickle.py b/Lib/test/test_cpickle.py
index 238fff2..d87decd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cpickle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cpickle.py
@@ -92,13 +92,12 @@
         self.assertEqual(a, b)
 
 def test_main():
-    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(cPickleTests))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(cPicklePicklerTests))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(cPickleListPicklerTests))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(cPickleFastPicklerTests))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        cPickleTests,
+        cPicklePicklerTests,
+        cPickleListPicklerTests,
+        cPickleFastPicklerTests
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_csv.py b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
index c4d1a03..18f8851 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_csv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from StringIO import StringIO
 import csv
 import gc
-from test.test_support import verbose
+from test import test_support
 
 class Test_Csv(unittest.TestCase):
     """
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(dialect.skipinitialspace, False)
 
 if not hasattr(sys, "gettotalrefcount"):
-    if verbose: print "*** skipping leakage tests ***"
+    if test_support.verbose: print "*** skipping leakage tests ***"
 else:
     class NUL:
         def write(s, *args):
@@ -640,15 +640,11 @@
             # if writer leaks during write, last delta should be 5 or more
             self.assertEqual(delta < 5, True)
 
-def _testclasses():
+def test_main():
     mod = sys.modules[__name__]
-    return [getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod) if name.startswith('Test')]
-
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for testclass in _testclasses():
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(testclass))
-    return suite
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        *[getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod) if name.startswith('Test')]
+    )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main(defaultTest='suite')
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py b/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py
index 7237670..0d614e1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py
@@ -162,11 +162,7 @@
     if test_support.verbose:
         print
         print "*** Using %s as _thread module ***" % _thread
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LockTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(MiscTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ThreadTests))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(LockTests, MiscTests, ThreadTests)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py b/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py
index 1fa9479..701b0c0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py
@@ -104,14 +104,8 @@
 
     enum = MyEnum
 
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(EnumerateTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(SubclassTestCase))
-    return suite
-
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_suite(suite())
+    test_support.run_unittest(EnumerateTestCase, SubclassTestCase)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_filecmp.py b/Lib/test/test_filecmp.py
index 282cba6..0e5f297 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_filecmp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_filecmp.py
@@ -119,10 +119,7 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for cls in FileCompareTestCase, DirCompareTestCase:
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(cls))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(FileCompareTestCase, DirCompareTestCase)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py b/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
index aaa64e0..587fe1f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
@@ -223,16 +223,14 @@
         self.failUnlessEqual(VERY_LARGE & ULLONG_MAX, getargs_K(VERY_LARGE))
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Signed_TestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Unsigned_TestCase))
+    tests = [Signed_TestCase, Unsigned_TestCase]
     try:
         from _testcapi import getargs_L, getargs_K
     except ImportError:
         pass # PY_LONG_LONG not available
     else:
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LongLong_TestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+        tests.append(LongLong_TestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grp.py b/Lib/test/test_grp.py
index 4b95a1a..6304d82 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_grp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grp.py
@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, grp.getgrgid, fakegid)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(GroupDatabaseTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(GroupDatabaseTestCase)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_hexoct.py b/Lib/test/test_hexoct.py
index a14a2c2..8a57906 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_hexoct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_hexoct.py
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@
         \n"""
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TextHexOct))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(TextHexOct)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_hmac.py b/Lib/test/test_hmac.py
index f36db4e..4f1454f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_hmac.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_hmac.py
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@
             "Hexdigest of copy doesn't match original hexdigest.")
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestVectorsTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ConstructorTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(SanityTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CopyTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestVectorsTestCase,
+        ConstructorTestCase,
+        SanityTestCase,
+        CopyTestCase
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py b/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py
index 5a19387..1b8c593 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestIsInstanceExceptions))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestIsSubclassExceptions))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestIsInstanceIsSubclass))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestIsInstanceExceptions,
+        TestIsSubclassExceptions,
+        TestIsInstanceIsSubclass
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
index 4c506d0..2a60959 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
@@ -162,9 +162,7 @@
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     import test_itertools
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for testclass in (TestBasicOps,
-                          ):
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(testclass))
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestBasicOps))
     test_support.run_suite(suite)
     test_support.run_doctest(test_itertools, verbose)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_optparse.py b/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
index 4c9a42d..4712446 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
@@ -1193,18 +1193,11 @@
                           "ambiguous option: --f (%s?)" % possibilities,
                           funcargs=[s, wordmap])
 
-def _testclasses():
-    mod = sys.modules[__name__]
-    return [getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod) if name.startswith('Test')]
-
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for testclass in _testclasses():
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(testclass))
-    return suite
-
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_suite(suite())
+    mod = sys.modules[__name__]
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        *[getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod) if name.startswith('Test')]
+    )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 9ea1d06..028ec08 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 import warnings
+from test import test_support
 
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", "tempnam", RuntimeWarning, __name__)
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", "tmpnam", RuntimeWarning, __name__)
 
-from test.test_support import TESTFN, run_classtests
-
 class TemporaryFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.files = []
-        os.mkdir(TESTFN)
+        os.mkdir(test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         for name in self.files:
             os.unlink(name)
-        os.rmdir(TESTFN)
+        os.rmdir(test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def check_tempfile(self, name):
         # make sure it doesn't already exist:
@@ -36,10 +35,10 @@
                                 r"test_os$")
         self.check_tempfile(os.tempnam())
 
-        name = os.tempnam(TESTFN)
+        name = os.tempnam(test_support.TESTFN)
         self.check_tempfile(name)
 
-        name = os.tempnam(TESTFN, "pfx")
+        name = os.tempnam(test_support.TESTFN, "pfx")
         self.assert_(os.path.basename(name)[:3] == "pfx")
         self.check_tempfile(name)
 
@@ -84,15 +83,15 @@
 # Test attributes on return values from os.*stat* family.
 class StatAttributeTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        os.mkdir(TESTFN)
-        self.fname = os.path.join(TESTFN, "f1")
+        os.mkdir(test_support.TESTFN)
+        self.fname = os.path.join(test_support.TESTFN, "f1")
         f = open(self.fname, 'wb')
         f.write("ABC")
         f.close()
 
     def tearDown(self):
         os.unlink(self.fname)
-        os.rmdir(TESTFN)
+        os.rmdir(test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def test_stat_attributes(self):
         if not hasattr(os, "stat"):
@@ -238,10 +237,10 @@
         #             SUB11/        no kids
         #         SUB2/             just a file kid
         #             tmp3
-        sub1_path = join(TESTFN, "SUB1")
+        sub1_path = join(test_support.TESTFN, "SUB1")
         sub11_path = join(sub1_path, "SUB11")
-        sub2_path = join(TESTFN, "SUB2")
-        tmp1_path = join(TESTFN, "tmp1")
+        sub2_path = join(test_support.TESTFN, "SUB2")
+        tmp1_path = join(test_support.TESTFN, "tmp1")
         tmp2_path = join(sub1_path, "tmp2")
         tmp3_path = join(sub2_path, "tmp3")
 
@@ -254,39 +253,39 @@
             f.close()
 
         # Walk top-down.
-        all = list(os.walk(TESTFN))
+        all = list(os.walk(test_support.TESTFN))
         self.assertEqual(len(all), 4)
         # We can't know which order SUB1 and SUB2 will appear in.
         # Not flipped:  TESTFN, SUB1, SUB11, SUB2
         #     flipped:  TESTFN, SUB2, SUB1, SUB11
         flipped = all[0][1][0] != "SUB1"
         all[0][1].sort()
-        self.assertEqual(all[0], (TESTFN, ["SUB1", "SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
+        self.assertEqual(all[0], (test_support.TESTFN, ["SUB1", "SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
         self.assertEqual(all[1 + flipped], (sub1_path, ["SUB11"], ["tmp2"]))
         self.assertEqual(all[2 + flipped], (sub11_path, [], []))
         self.assertEqual(all[3 - 2 * flipped], (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"]))
 
         # Prune the search.
         all = []
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TESTFN):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(test_support.TESTFN):
             all.append((root, dirs, files))
             # Don't descend into SUB1.
             if 'SUB1' in dirs:
                 # Note that this also mutates the dirs we appended to all!
                 dirs.remove('SUB1')
         self.assertEqual(len(all), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(all[0], (TESTFN, ["SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
+        self.assertEqual(all[0], (test_support.TESTFN, ["SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
         self.assertEqual(all[1], (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"]))
 
         # Walk bottom-up.
-        all = list(os.walk(TESTFN, topdown=False))
+        all = list(os.walk(test_support.TESTFN, topdown=False))
         self.assertEqual(len(all), 4)
         # We can't know which order SUB1 and SUB2 will appear in.
         # Not flipped:  SUB11, SUB1, SUB2, TESTFN
         #     flipped:  SUB2, SUB11, SUB1, TESTFN
         flipped = all[3][1][0] != "SUB1"
         all[3][1].sort()
-        self.assertEqual(all[3], (TESTFN, ["SUB1", "SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
+        self.assertEqual(all[3], (test_support.TESTFN, ["SUB1", "SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
         self.assertEqual(all[flipped], (sub11_path, [], []))
         self.assertEqual(all[flipped + 1], (sub1_path, ["SUB11"], ["tmp2"]))
         self.assertEqual(all[2 - 2 * flipped], (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"]))
@@ -295,18 +294,20 @@
         # Windows, which doesn't have a recursive delete command.  The
         # (not so) subtlety is that rmdir will fail unless the dir's
         # kids are removed first, so bottom up is essential.
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TESTFN, topdown=False):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(test_support.TESTFN, topdown=False):
             for name in files:
                 os.remove(join(root, name))
             for name in dirs:
                 os.rmdir(join(root, name))
-        os.rmdir(TESTFN)
+        os.rmdir(test_support.TESTFN)
 
 def test_main():
-    run_classtests(TemporaryFileTests,
-                   StatAttributeTests,
-                   EnvironTests,
-                   WalkTests)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TemporaryFileTests,
+        StatAttributeTests,
+        EnvironTests,
+        WalkTests
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
index ccdfd19..7860e7b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
@@ -374,11 +374,10 @@
         self.check_bad_tree(tree, "malformed global ast")
 
 def test_main():
-    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(RoundtripLegalSyntaxTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(IllegalSyntaxTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        RoundtripLegalSyntaxTestCase,
+        IllegalSyntaxTestCase
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pep277.py b/Lib/test/test_pep277.py
index 7173b89..9dc232c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pep277.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pep277.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Test the Unicode versions of normal file functions
 # open, os.open, os.stat. os.listdir, os.rename, os.remove, os.mkdir, os.chdir, os.rmdir
 import os, unittest
-from test.test_support import TESTFN, TestSkipped, TestFailed, run_suite
+from test import test_support
 if not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
-    raise TestSkipped, "test works only on NT+"
+    raise test_support.TestSkipped, "test works only on NT+"
 
 filenames = [
     'abc',
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
         os.rmdir(dirname)
 
 class UnicodeFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    files = [os.path.join(TESTFN, f) for f in filenames]
+    files = [os.path.join(test_support.TESTFN, f) for f in filenames]
 
     def setUp(self):
         try:
-            os.mkdir(TESTFN)
+            os.mkdir(test_support.TESTFN)
         except OSError:
             pass
         for name in self.files:
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@
             os.stat(name)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        deltree(TESTFN)
+        deltree(test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def _apply_failure(self, fn, filename, expected_exception,
                        check_fn_in_exception = True):
         try:
             fn(filename)
-            raise TestFailed("Expected to fail calling '%s(%r)'"
+            raise test_support.TestFailed("Expected to fail calling '%s(%r)'"
                              % (fn.__name__, filename))
         except expected_exception, details:
             if check_fn_in_exception and details.filename != filename:
-                raise TestFailed("Function '%s(%r) failed with "
+                raise test_support.TestFailed("Function '%s(%r) failed with "
                                  "bad filename in the exception: %r"
                                  % (fn.__name__, filename,
                                     details.filename))
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
             os.stat(name)
 
     def test_listdir(self):
-        f1 = os.listdir(TESTFN)
+        f1 = os.listdir(test_support.TESTFN)
         f1.sort()
-        f2 = os.listdir(unicode(TESTFN,"mbcs"))
+        f2 = os.listdir(unicode(test_support.TESTFN,"mbcs"))
         f2.sort()
         print f1
         print f2
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
             os.rename("tmp",name)
 
     def test_directory(self):
-        dirname = os.path.join(TESTFN,u'Gr\xfc\xdf-\u66e8\u66e9\u66eb')
+        dirname = os.path.join(test_support.TESTFN,u'Gr\xfc\xdf-\u66e8\u66e9\u66eb')
         filename = u'\xdf-\u66e8\u66e9\u66eb'
         oldwd = os.getcwd()
         os.mkdir(dirname)
@@ -104,12 +104,10 @@
         os.rmdir(dirname)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeFileTests))
     try:
-        run_suite(suite)
+        test_support.run_unittest(UnicodeFileTests)
     finally:
-        deltree(TESTFN)
+        deltree(test_support.TESTFN)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pickle.py b/Lib/test/test_pickle.py
index 9cfb9b7..585644e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pickle.py
@@ -62,12 +62,11 @@
         return u.load()
 
 def test_main():
-    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(PickleTests))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(PicklerTests))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(PersPicklerTests))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        PickleTests,
+        PicklerTests,
+        PersPicklerTests
+    )
     test_support.run_doctest(pickle)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index 5a0028c..6b4272f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 "Test posix functions"
 
-from test.test_support import TestSkipped, TestFailed, TESTFN, run_suite
+from test import test_support
 
 try:
     import posix
 except ImportError:
-    raise TestSkipped, "posix is not available"
+    raise test_support.TestSkipped, "posix is not available"
 
 import time
 import os
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         # create empty file
-        fp = open(TESTFN, 'w+')
+        fp = open(test_support.TESTFN, 'w+')
         fp.close()
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        os.unlink(TESTFN)
+        os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def testNoArgFunctions(self):
         # test posix functions which take no arguments and have
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     def test_fstatvfs(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'fstatvfs'):
-            fp = open(TESTFN)
+            fp = open(test_support.TESTFN)
             try:
                 self.assert_(posix.fstatvfs(fp.fileno()))
             finally:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
     def test_ftruncate(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'ftruncate'):
-            fp = open(TESTFN, 'w+')
+            fp = open(test_support.TESTFN, 'w+')
             try:
                 # we need to have some data to truncate
                 fp.write('test')
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
     def test_dup(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'dup'):
-            fp = open(TESTFN)
+            fp = open(test_support.TESTFN)
             try:
                 fd = posix.dup(fp.fileno())
                 self.assert_(isinstance(fd, int))
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
 
     def test_dup2(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'dup2'):
-            fp1 = open(TESTFN)
-            fp2 = open(TESTFN)
+            fp1 = open(test_support.TESTFN)
+            fp2 = open(test_support.TESTFN)
             try:
                 posix.dup2(fp1.fileno(), fp2.fileno())
             finally:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
                 fp2.close()
 
     def fdopen_helper(self, *args):
-        fd = os.open(TESTFN, os.O_RDONLY)
+        fd = os.open(test_support.TESTFN, os.O_RDONLY)
         fp2 = posix.fdopen(fd, *args)
         fp2.close()
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
     def test_fstat(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'fstat'):
-            fp = open(TESTFN)
+            fp = open(test_support.TESTFN)
             try:
                 self.assert_(posix.fstat(fp.fileno()))
             finally:
@@ -104,20 +104,20 @@
 
     def test_stat(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'stat'):
-            self.assert_(posix.stat(TESTFN))
+            self.assert_(posix.stat(test_support.TESTFN))
 
     def test_chdir(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'chdir'):
             posix.chdir(os.curdir)
-            self.assertRaises(OSError, posix.chdir, TESTFN)
+            self.assertRaises(OSError, posix.chdir, test_support.TESTFN)
 
     def test_lsdir(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'lsdir'):
-            self.assert_(TESTFN in posix.lsdir(os.curdir))
+            self.assert_(test_support.TESTFN in posix.lsdir(os.curdir))
 
     def test_access(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'access'):
-            self.assert_(posix.access(TESTFN, os.R_OK))
+            self.assert_(posix.access(test_support.TESTFN, os.R_OK))
 
     def test_umask(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'umask'):
@@ -149,13 +149,11 @@
     def test_utime(self):
         if hasattr(posix, 'utime'):
             now = time.time()
-            posix.utime(TESTFN, None)
-            posix.utime(TESTFN, (now, now))
+            posix.utime(test_support.TESTFN, None)
+            posix.utime(test_support.TESTFN, (now, now))
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(PosixTester))
-    run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(PosixTester)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pow.py b/Lib/test/test_pow.py
index 83696db..2c86b09 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pow.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pow.py
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(PowTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(PowTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_profilehooks.py b/Lib/test/test_profilehooks.py
index 75599d9..ac8ebd8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_profilehooks.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_profilehooks.py
@@ -349,11 +349,10 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(ProfileHookTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(ProfileSimulatorTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        ProfileHookTestCase,
+        ProfileSimulatorTestCase
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
index 9200043..bb07c2b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, pwd.getpwuid, fakeuid)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(PwdTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(PwdTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index 6eebedf..c0d51d9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 sys.path = ['.'] + sys.path
 
-from test.test_support import verbose, run_suite
+from test.test_support import verbose, run_unittest
 import re
 from sre import Scanner
 import sys, os, traceback
@@ -432,9 +432,7 @@
                     print '=== Fails on unicode-sensitive match', t
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReTests))
-    run_suite(suite)
+    run_unittest(ReTests)
     run_re_tests()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_richcmp.py b/Lib/test/test_richcmp.py
index b4fc2ea..5ade8ed 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_richcmp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_richcmp.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
             self.assertIs(op(x, y), True)
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_classtests(VectorTest, NumberTest, MiscTest, DictTest, ListTest)
+    test_support.run_unittest(VectorTest, NumberTest, MiscTest, DictTest, ListTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sets.py b/Lib/test/test_sets.py
index d5c886a..5b9c4e0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sets.py
@@ -658,42 +658,34 @@
 
 #==============================================================================
 
-def makeAllTests():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for klass in (TestSetOfSets,
-                  TestExceptionPropagation,
-                  TestBasicOpsEmpty,
-                  TestBasicOpsSingleton,
-                  TestBasicOpsTuple,
-                  TestBasicOpsTriple,
-                  TestBinaryOps,
-                  TestUpdateOps,
-                  TestMutate,
-                  TestSubsetEqualEmpty,
-                  TestSubsetEqualNonEmpty,
-                  TestSubsetEmptyNonEmpty,
-                  TestSubsetPartial,
-                  TestSubsetNonOverlap,
-                  TestOnlySetsNumeric,
-                  TestOnlySetsDict,
-                  TestOnlySetsOperator,
-                  TestCopyingEmpty,
-                  TestCopyingSingleton,
-                  TestCopyingTriple,
-                  TestCopyingTuple,
-                  TestCopyingNested,
-                 ):
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(klass))
-    return suite
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 __test__ = {'libreftest' : libreftest}
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     from test import test_sets
-    suite = makeAllTests()
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestSetOfSets,
+        TestExceptionPropagation,
+        TestBasicOpsEmpty,
+        TestBasicOpsSingleton,
+        TestBasicOpsTuple,
+        TestBasicOpsTriple,
+        TestBinaryOps,
+        TestUpdateOps,
+        TestMutate,
+        TestSubsetEqualEmpty,
+        TestSubsetEqualNonEmpty,
+        TestSubsetEmptyNonEmpty,
+        TestSubsetPartial,
+        TestSubsetNonOverlap,
+        TestOnlySetsNumeric,
+        TestOnlySetsDict,
+        TestOnlySetsOperator,
+        TestCopyingEmpty,
+        TestCopyingSingleton,
+        TestCopyingTriple,
+        TestCopyingTuple,
+        TestCopyingNested
+    )
     test_support.run_doctest(test_sets, verbose)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shelve.py b/Lib/test/test_shelve.py
index a0274d5..8ef511e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shelve.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shelve.py
@@ -121,15 +121,15 @@
     _in_mem = True
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestAsciiFileShelve))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestBinaryFileShelve))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestProto2FileShelve))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestAsciiMemShelve))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestBinaryMemShelve))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestProto2MemShelve))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestAsciiFileShelve,
+        TestBinaryFileShelve,
+        TestProto2FileShelve,
+        TestAsciiMemShelve,
+        TestBinaryMemShelve,
+        TestProto2MemShelve,
+        TestCase
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index cd2469a..3a39ec9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -14,15 +14,9 @@
 
 
 
-def suite():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestShutil))
-    return suite
-
-
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_suite(suite())
+    test_support.run_unittest(TestShutil)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main(defaultTest='suite')
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 279fd90..b9650e7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -683,17 +683,18 @@
     bufsize = 2 # Exercise the buffering code
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(GeneralModuleTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(BasicTCPTest))
+    tests = [ GeneralModuleTests, BasicTCPTest ]
     if sys.platform != 'mac':
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(BasicUDPTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(NonBlockingTCPTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(FileObjectClassTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnbufferedFileObjectClassTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LineBufferedFileObjectClassTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(SmallBufferedFileObjectClassTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+        tests.append(BasicUDPTest)
+
+    tests.extend([
+        NonBlockingTCPTests,
+        FileObjectClassTestCase,
+        UnbufferedFileObjectClassTestCase,
+        LineBufferedFileObjectClassTestCase,
+        SmallBufferedFileObjectClassTestCase
+    ])
+    test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_str.py b/Lib/test/test_str.py
index b9f4845..1295a8c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_str.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_str.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, '%c'.__mod__, 0x1234)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(StrTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(StrTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_string.py b/Lib/test/test_string.py
index 918207a..859dd4e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_string.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_string.py
@@ -95,10 +95,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(string.capwords('ABC-def DEF-ghi GHI'), 'Abc-def Def-ghi Ghi')
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(StringTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ModuleTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(StringTest, ModuleTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index 2c3955b..140b226 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -406,14 +406,14 @@
                          "%s != %s" % (result.tm_wday, self.time_tuple.tm_wday))
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LocaleTime_Tests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TimeRETests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(StrptimeTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Strptime12AMPMTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(JulianTests))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CalculationTests))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        LocaleTime_Tests,
+        TimeRETests,
+        StrptimeTests,
+        Strptime12AMPMTests,
+        JulianTests,
+        CalculationTests
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index 56b60cc..906ed8a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -229,15 +229,16 @@
         raise TestFailed(err)
 
 
-def run_unittest(testclass):
-    """Run tests from a unittest.TestCase-derived class."""
-    run_suite(unittest.makeSuite(testclass), testclass)
-
-def run_classtests(*classnames):
+def run_unittest(*classes):
+    """Run tests from unittest.TestCase-derived classes."""
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for cls in classnames:
+    for cls in classes:
         suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(cls))
-    run_suite(suite)
+    if len(classes)==1:
+        testclass = classes[0]
+    else:
+        testclass = None
+    run_suite(suite, testclass)
 
 
 #=======================================================================
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index feef540..0e61c6f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -247,9 +247,7 @@
         self.assert_(isinstance(vi[4], int))
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(SysModuleTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(SysModuleTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 584b7b3..496dede 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -240,27 +240,26 @@
         # create testtar.tar.bz2
         bz2.BZ2File(tarname("bz2"), "wb").write(file(tarname(), "rb").read())
 
+    tests = [
+        ReadTest,
+        ReadStreamTest,
+        WriteTest,
+        WriteStreamTest
+    ]
+
+    if gzip:
+        tests.extend([
+            ReadTestGzip, ReadStreamTestGzip,
+            WriteTestGzip, WriteStreamTestGzip
+        ])
+
+    if bz2:
+        tests.extend([
+            ReadTestBzip2, ReadStreamTestBzip2,
+            WriteTestBzip2, WriteStreamTestBzip2
+        ])
     try:
-        suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReadTest))
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReadStreamTest))
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WriteTest))
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WriteStreamTest))
-
-        if gzip:
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReadTestGzip))
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReadStreamTestGzip))
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WriteTestGzip))
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WriteStreamTestGzip))
-
-        if bz2:
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReadTestBzip2))
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReadStreamTestBzip2))
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WriteTestBzip2))
-            suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WriteStreamTestBzip2))
-
-        test_support.run_suite(suite)
+        test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
     finally:
         if gzip:
             os.remove(tarname("gz"))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index 09b9a10..8df3856 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -645,10 +645,7 @@
     test_classes.append(test_TemporaryFile)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for c in test_classes:
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(c))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(*test_classes)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
index b1cee30..b8964dc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
@@ -352,11 +352,7 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WrapTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LongWordTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(IndentTestCases))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(WrapTestCase, LongWordTestCase, IndentTestCases)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
index d68484e..c0e1b13 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
@@ -186,10 +186,7 @@
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.requires('network')
-
-    suite = unittest.makeSuite(CreationTestCase)
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TimeoutTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(CreationTestCase, TimeoutTestCase)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_trace.py b/Lib/test/test_trace.py
index 21e5ca9..ff6fc58 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_trace.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_trace.py
@@ -531,9 +531,11 @@
         no_jump_without_trace_function()
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(TraceTestCase)
-    test_support.run_unittest(RaisingTraceFuncTestCase)
-    test_support.run_unittest(JumpTestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TraceTestCase,
+        RaisingTraceFuncTestCase,
+        JumpTestCase
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ucn.py b/Lib/test/test_ucn.py
index d1fa35b..775044b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ucn.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ucn.py
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@
         )
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeNamesTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(UnicodeNamesTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index 28837b4..9250ef2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -698,9 +698,7 @@
         print >>out, u'def\n'
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(UnicodeTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py b/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py
index a3a5fbc..61b4ffb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py
@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@
         self.assert_(count >= 10) # should have tested at least the ASCII digits
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeMiscTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeMethodsTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnicodeFunctionsTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(
+        UnicodeMiscTest,
+        UnicodeMethodsTest,
+        UnicodeFunctionsTest
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_univnewlines.py b/Lib/test/test_univnewlines.py
index 8d89936..a6c079b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_univnewlines.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_univnewlines.py
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestNativeNewlines)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestCRNewlines)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestLFNewlines)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestCRLFNewlines)
-    test_support.run_unittest(TestMixedNewlines)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestNativeNewlines,
+        TestCRNewlines,
+        TestLFNewlines,
+        TestCRLFNewlines,
+        TestMixedNewlines
+     )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index bc87b34..6afbe2f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -408,14 +408,14 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    test_suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(urlopen_FileTests))
-    test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(urlretrieve_FileTests))
-    test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(QuotingTests))
-    test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UnquotingTests))
-    test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(urlencode_Tests))
-    test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Pathname_Tests))
-    test_support.run_suite(test_suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        urlopen_FileTests,
+        urlretrieve_FileTests,
+        QuotingTests,
+        UnquotingTests,
+        urlencode_Tests,
+        Pathname_Tests
+    )
 
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
index 3af2491..03728e1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.requires('network')
-
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(URLTimeoutTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(URLTimeoutTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_userdict.py b/Lib/test/test_userdict.py
index cbd3bd1..bcf60a5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_userdict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_userdict.py
@@ -395,11 +395,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(s, t)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestMappingProtocol))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UserDictTest))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UserDictMixinTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(
+        TestMappingProtocol,
+        UserDictTest,
+        UserDictMixinTest
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_userlist.py b/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
index aec4b80..467a47c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
@@ -252,9 +252,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(u, [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1])
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UserListTest))
-    test.test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(UserListTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_userstring.py b/Lib/test/test_userstring.py
index a821456..990199e 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_userstring.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_userstring.py
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
         getattr(object, methodname)(*args)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(UserStringTest))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(UserStringTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
index b078b17..eb87720 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
@@ -534,12 +534,12 @@
         return self.__ref.copy()
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ReferencesTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(MappingTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WeakValueDictionaryTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(WeakKeyDictionaryTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        ReferencesTestCase,
+        MappingTestCase,
+        WeakValueDictionaryTestCase,
+        WeakKeyDictionaryTestCase
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py b/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
index cc458ad..42cd0f4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@
         return cPickle.loads(buf)
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    for test in (DumpCPickle_LoadPickle,
-                 DumpPickle_LoadCPickle,
-                ):
-        suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(test))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        DumpCPickle_LoadPickle,
+        DumpPickle_LoadCPickle
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py b/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py
index 894b132..04682db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(UncompressedZipImportTestCase)
-    test_support.run_unittest(CompressedZipImportTestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        UncompressedZipImportTestCase,
+        CompressedZipImportTestCase
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index 686bc4c..c703964 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -479,24 +479,24 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ChecksumTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ExceptionTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CompressTestCase))
-    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CompressObjectTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    test_support.run_unittest(
+        ChecksumTestCase,
+        ExceptionTestCase,
+        CompressTestCase,
+        CompressObjectTestCase
+    )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
 
 def test(tests=''):
     if not tests: tests = 'o'
-    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
-    if 'k' in tests: suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ChecksumTestCase))
-    if 'x' in tests: suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ExceptionTestCase))
-    if 'c' in tests: suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CompressTestCase))
-    if 'o' in tests: suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CompressObjectTestCase))
-    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+    testcases = []
+    if 'k' in tests: testcases.append(ChecksumTestCase)
+    if 'x' in tests: testcases.append(ExceptionTestCase)
+    if 'c' in tests: testcases.append(CompressTestCase)
+    if 'o' in tests: testcases.append(CompressObjectTestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(*testcases)
 
 if False:
     import sys