diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/compilation.py b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/compilation.py
index 29444691105..492b0d22a3a 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/compilation.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/compilation.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import os
 
 from django.core.management import call_command, CommandError
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
-from django.utils import translation, six
+from django.utils import translation
 from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils.six import StringIO
 
 test_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(upath(__file__)))
 
 
-class MessageCompilationTests(TestCase):
+class MessageCompilationTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self._cwd = os.getcwd()
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py
index 6a8ebc76703..575f23cfee2 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/i18n/commands/extraction.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 
 from django.core import management
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils.six import StringIO
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from django.utils.six import StringIO
 
 LOCALE='de'
 
-class ExtractorTests(TestCase):
+class ExtractorTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     PO_FILE='locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/django.po' % LOCALE