diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
index 9a8ca19..61ac57d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
@@ -406,14 +406,14 @@
         PKG_INFO.seek(0)
         metadata.read_pkg_file(PKG_INFO)
 
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.name, "package")
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.version, "1.0")
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.description, "xxx")
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.download_url, 'http://example.com')
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.keywords, ['one', 'two'])
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.platforms, ['UNKNOWN'])
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.obsoletes, None)
-        self.assertEquals(metadata.requires, ['foo'])
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.name, "package")
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.version, "1.0")
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.description, "xxx")
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.download_url, 'http://example.com')
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.keywords, ['one', 'two'])
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.platforms, ['UNKNOWN'])
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.obsoletes, None)
+        self.assertEqual(metadata.requires, ['foo'])
 
 def test_suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
index a474596..df35b42 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@
          # what did we send ?
         headers = dict(self.last_open.req.headers)
         self.assertEqual(headers['Content-length'], '2087')
-        self.assert_(headers['Content-type'].startswith('multipart/form-data'))
-        self.assertEquals(self.last_open.req.get_method(), 'POST')
-        self.assertEquals(self.last_open.req.get_full_url(),
-                          'http://pypi.python.org/pypi')
-        self.assert_(b'xxx' in self.last_open.req.data)
+        self.assertTrue(headers['Content-type'].startswith('multipart/form-data'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.last_open.req.get_method(), 'POST')
+        self.assertEqual(self.last_open.req.get_full_url(),
+                         'http://pypi.python.org/pypi')
+        self.assertIn(b'xxx', self.last_open.req.data)
 
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(uploadTestCase)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 411c19a..96028a0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -742,15 +742,15 @@
         os.chmod(restrictive_subdir, 0o600)
 
         shutil.copytree(src_dir, dst_dir)
-        self.assertEquals(os.stat(src_dir).st_mode, os.stat(dst_dir).st_mode)
-        self.assertEquals(os.stat(os.path.join(src_dir, 'permissive.txt')).st_mode,
-                          os.stat(os.path.join(dst_dir, 'permissive.txt')).st_mode)
-        self.assertEquals(os.stat(os.path.join(src_dir, 'restrictive.txt')).st_mode,
-                          os.stat(os.path.join(dst_dir, 'restrictive.txt')).st_mode)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(src_dir).st_mode, os.stat(dst_dir).st_mode)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(os.path.join(src_dir, 'permissive.txt')).st_mode,
+                         os.stat(os.path.join(dst_dir, 'permissive.txt')).st_mode)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(os.path.join(src_dir, 'restrictive.txt')).st_mode,
+                         os.stat(os.path.join(dst_dir, 'restrictive.txt')).st_mode)
         restrictive_subdir_dst = os.path.join(dst_dir,
                                               os.path.split(restrictive_subdir)[1])
-        self.assertEquals(os.stat(restrictive_subdir).st_mode,
-                          os.stat(restrictive_subdir_dst).st_mode)
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(restrictive_subdir).st_mode,
+                         os.stat(restrictive_subdir_dst).st_mode)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', 'temporarily disabled on Windows')
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'link'), 'requires os.link')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strftime.py b/Lib/test/test_strftime.py
index 78c9c5b..4f39cc7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strftime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strftime.py
@@ -189,15 +189,15 @@
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32", "Doesn't apply on Windows")
     def test_y_before_1900_nonwin(self):
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             time.strftime("%y", (1899, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)), "99")
 
     def test_y_1900(self):
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             time.strftime("%y", (1900, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)), "00")
 
     def test_y_after_1900(self):
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             time.strftime("%y", (2013, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)), "13")
 
 def test_main():