diff --git a/tests/cache/tests.py b/tests/cache/tests.py
index e2d027f689..c08a489939 100644
--- a/tests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/cache/tests.py
@@ -1237,14 +1237,14 @@ class DefaultNonExpiringCacheKeyTests(TestCase):
         This value is defined inside the __init__() method of the
         :class:`django.core.cache.backends.base.BaseCache` type.
         """
-        self.assertEquals(300, self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+        self.assertEqual(300, self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
 
     def test_caches_with_unset_timeout_has_correct_default_timeout(self):
         """Caches that have the TIMEOUT parameter undefined in the default
         settings will use the default 5 minute timeout.
         """
         cache = caches[DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS]
-        self.assertEquals(self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, cache.default_timeout)
+        self.assertEqual(self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, cache.default_timeout)
 
     @override_settings(CACHES=NEVER_EXPIRING_CACHES_SETTINGS)
     def test_caches_set_with_timeout_as_none_has_correct_default_timeout(self):
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ class DefaultNonExpiringCacheKeyTests(TestCase):
         """
         cache = caches[DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS]
         self.assertIs(None, cache.default_timeout)
-        self.assertEquals(None, cache.get_backend_timeout())
+        self.assertEqual(None, cache.get_backend_timeout())
 
     @override_settings(CACHES=DEFAULT_MEMORY_CACHES_SETTINGS)
     def test_caches_with_unset_timeout_set_expiring_key(self):
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ class DefaultNonExpiringCacheKeyTests(TestCase):
         cache = caches[DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS]
         cache.set(key, value)
         cache_key = cache.make_key(key)
-        self.assertNotEquals(None, cache._expire_info[cache_key])
+        self.assertNotEqual(None, cache._expire_info[cache_key])
 
     @override_settings(CACHES=NEVER_EXPIRING_CACHES_SETTINGS)
     def text_caches_set_with_timeout_as_none_set_non_expiring_key(self):
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ class DefaultNonExpiringCacheKeyTests(TestCase):
         cache = caches[DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS]
         cache.set(key, value)
         cache_key = cache.make_key(key)
-        self.assertEquals(None, cache._expire_info[cache_key])
+        self.assertEqual(None, cache._expire_info[cache_key])
 
 
 @override_settings(
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/tests.py b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
index 88eadae6b9..fb807bb97c 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/tests.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/tests.py
@@ -337,7 +337,10 @@ class FixtureLoadingTests(DumpDataAssertMixin, TestCase):
         """
         Verifies that the --app option works.
         """
-        management.call_command('loaddata', 'db_fixture_1', verbosity=0, app_label="someotherapp")
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            # Ignore: No fixture named ...
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning)
+            management.call_command('loaddata', 'db_fixture_1', verbosity=0, app_label="someotherapp")
         self.assertQuerysetEqual(Article.objects.all(), [])
         management.call_command('loaddata', 'db_fixture_1', verbosity=0, app_label="fixtures")
         self.assertQuerysetEqual(Article.objects.all(), [
@@ -355,10 +358,9 @@ class FixtureLoadingTests(DumpDataAssertMixin, TestCase):
 
     def test_unmatched_identifier_loading(self):
         # Try to load db fixture 3. This won't load because the database identifier doesn't match
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning)
             management.call_command('loaddata', 'db_fixture_3', verbosity=0)
-
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
             management.call_command('loaddata', 'db_fixture_3', verbosity=0, using='default')
         self.assertQuerysetEqual(Article.objects.all(), [])
 
diff --git a/tests/modeladmin/tests.py b/tests/modeladmin/tests.py
index 1f4fd4e86d..9cf54c8b9f 100644
--- a/tests/modeladmin/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeladmin/tests.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet
 from django.forms.widgets import Select
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango19Warning
 
 from .models import Band, Concert, ValidationTestModel, ValidationTestInlineModel
@@ -565,7 +566,7 @@ class CheckTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(error.hint, hint)
         self.assertEqual(error.obj, invalid_obj)
         self.assertEqual(error.id, id)
-        self.assertRegexpMatches(error.msg, msg)
+        six.assertRegex(self, error.msg, msg)
 
     def assertIsValid(self, model_admin, model):
         errors = model_admin.check(model=model)
diff --git a/tests/test_runner/tests.py b/tests/test_runner/tests.py
index 3bc89bf2ab..20e7f6b892 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner/tests.py
@@ -254,21 +254,22 @@ class Sqlite3InMemoryTestDbs(TestCase):
     def test_transaction_support(self):
         """Ticket #16329: sqlite3 in-memory test databases"""
         old_db_connections = db.connections
-        for option in ('NAME', 'TEST_NAME'):
+        for option_key, option_value in (
+                ('NAME', ':memory:'), ('TEST', {'NAME': ':memory:'})):
             try:
                 db.connections = db.ConnectionHandler({
                     'default': {
                         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-                        option: ':memory:',
+                        option_key: option_value,
                     },
                     'other': {
                         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-                        option: ':memory:',
+                        option_key: option_value,
                     },
                 })
                 other = db.connections['other']
                 runner.DiscoverRunner(verbosity=0).setup_databases()
-                msg = "DATABASES setting '%s' option set to sqlite3's ':memory:' value shouldn't interfere with transaction support detection." % option
+                msg = "DATABASES setting '%s' option set to sqlite3's ':memory:' value shouldn't interfere with transaction support detection." % option_key
                 # Transaction support should be properly initialized for the 'other' DB
                 self.assertTrue(other.features.supports_transactions, msg)
                 # And all the DBs should report that they support transactions