diff --git a/django/test/simple.py b/django/test/simple.py
index 5117c6452fc..f28b8a28301 100644
--- a/django/test/simple.py
+++ b/django/test/simple.py
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ This module is pending deprecation as of Django 1.6 and will be removed in
 version 1.8.
 
 """
-
+import json
+import re
 import unittest as real_unittest
 import warnings
 
 from django.db.models import get_app, get_apps
 from django.test import _doctest as doctest
 from django.test import runner
-from django.test.testcases import OutputChecker, DocTestRunner
+from django.test.utils import compare_xml, strip_quotes
 from django.utils import unittest
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.module_loading import module_has_submodule
@@ -25,6 +26,71 @@ warnings.warn(
 # The module name for tests outside models.py
 TEST_MODULE = 'tests'
 
+
+normalize_long_ints = lambda s: re.sub(r'(?<![\w])(\d+)L(?![\w])', '\\1', s)
+normalize_decimals = lambda s: re.sub(r"Decimal\('(\d+(\.\d*)?)'\)",
+                                lambda m: "Decimal(\"%s\")" % m.groups()[0], s)
+
+
+class OutputChecker(doctest.OutputChecker):
+    def check_output(self, want, got, optionflags):
+        """
+        The entry method for doctest output checking. Defers to a sequence of
+        child checkers
+        """
+        checks = (self.check_output_default,
+                  self.check_output_numeric,
+                  self.check_output_xml,
+                  self.check_output_json)
+        for check in checks:
+            if check(want, got, optionflags):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def check_output_default(self, want, got, optionflags):
+        """
+        The default comparator provided by doctest - not perfect, but good for
+        most purposes
+        """
+        return doctest.OutputChecker.check_output(self, want, got, optionflags)
+
+    def check_output_numeric(self, want, got, optionflags):
+        """Doctest does an exact string comparison of output, which means that
+        some numerically equivalent values aren't equal. This check normalizes
+         * long integers (22L) so that they equal normal integers. (22)
+         * Decimals so that they are comparable, regardless of the change
+           made to __repr__ in Python 2.6.
+        """
+        return doctest.OutputChecker.check_output(self,
+            normalize_decimals(normalize_long_ints(want)),
+            normalize_decimals(normalize_long_ints(got)),
+            optionflags)
+
+    def check_output_xml(self, want, got, optionsflags):
+        try:
+            return compare_xml(want, got)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+    def check_output_json(self, want, got, optionsflags):
+        """
+        Tries to compare want and got as if they were JSON-encoded data
+        """
+        want, got = strip_quotes(want, got)
+        try:
+            want_json = json.loads(want)
+            got_json = json.loads(got)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+        return want_json == got_json
+
+
+class DocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        doctest.DocTestRunner.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.optionflags = doctest.ELLIPSIS
+
+
 doctestOutputChecker = OutputChecker()
 
 
diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index 463914c1e1f..08c03154b18 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import clear_url_caches, set_urlconf
 from django.db import connection, connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, transaction
 from django.forms.fields import CharField
 from django.http import QueryDict
-from django.test import _doctest as doctest
 from django.test.client import Client
 from django.test.html import HTMLParseError, parse_html
 from django.test.signals import template_rendered
 from django.test.utils import (CaptureQueriesContext, ContextList,
-    override_settings, compare_xml, strip_quotes)
+    override_settings, compare_xml)
 from django.utils import six, unittest as ut2
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.unittest import skipIf # Imported here for backward compatibility
@@ -43,15 +42,10 @@ from django.utils.unittest.util import safe_repr
 from django.views.static import serve
 
 
-__all__ = ('DocTestRunner', 'OutputChecker', 'TestCase', 'TransactionTestCase',
+__all__ = ('TestCase', 'TransactionTestCase',
            'SimpleTestCase', 'skipIfDBFeature', 'skipUnlessDBFeature')
 
 
-normalize_long_ints = lambda s: re.sub(r'(?<![\w])(\d+)L(?![\w])', '\\1', s)
-normalize_decimals = lambda s: re.sub(r"Decimal\('(\d+(\.\d*)?)'\)",
-                                lambda m: "Decimal(\"%s\")" % m.groups()[0], s)
-
-
 def to_list(value):
     """
     Puts value into a list if it's not already one.
@@ -96,75 +90,6 @@ def assert_and_parse_html(self, html, user_msg, msg):
     return dom
 
 
-class OutputChecker(doctest.OutputChecker):
-    def __init__(self):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The django.test.testcases.OutputChecker class is deprecated; "
-            "use the doctest module from the Python standard library instead.",
-            PendingDeprecationWarning)
-
-    def check_output(self, want, got, optionflags):
-        """
-        The entry method for doctest output checking. Defers to a sequence of
-        child checkers
-        """
-        checks = (self.check_output_default,
-                  self.check_output_numeric,
-                  self.check_output_xml,
-                  self.check_output_json)
-        for check in checks:
-            if check(want, got, optionflags):
-                return True
-        return False
-
-    def check_output_default(self, want, got, optionflags):
-        """
-        The default comparator provided by doctest - not perfect, but good for
-        most purposes
-        """
-        return doctest.OutputChecker.check_output(self, want, got, optionflags)
-
-    def check_output_numeric(self, want, got, optionflags):
-        """Doctest does an exact string comparison of output, which means that
-        some numerically equivalent values aren't equal. This check normalizes
-         * long integers (22L) so that they equal normal integers. (22)
-         * Decimals so that they are comparable, regardless of the change
-           made to __repr__ in Python 2.6.
-        """
-        return doctest.OutputChecker.check_output(self,
-            normalize_decimals(normalize_long_ints(want)),
-            normalize_decimals(normalize_long_ints(got)),
-            optionflags)
-
-    def check_output_xml(self, want, got, optionsflags):
-        try:
-            return compare_xml(want, got)
-        except Exception:
-            return False
-
-    def check_output_json(self, want, got, optionsflags):
-        """
-        Tries to compare want and got as if they were JSON-encoded data
-        """
-        want, got = strip_quotes(want, got)
-        try:
-            want_json = json.loads(want)
-            got_json = json.loads(got)
-        except Exception:
-            return False
-        return want_json == got_json
-
-
-class DocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The django.test.testcases.DocTestRunner class is deprecated; "
-            "use the doctest module from the Python standard library instead.",
-            PendingDeprecationWarning)
-        doctest.DocTestRunner.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.optionflags = doctest.ELLIPSIS
-
-
 class _AssertNumQueriesContext(CaptureQueriesContext):
     def __init__(self, test_case, num, connection):
         self.test_case = test_case
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index c4bbc3b7a49..45f82b49e68 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -386,10 +386,8 @@ these changes.
   ``django.test.simple.DjangoTestSuiteRunner`` will be removed. Instead use
   ``django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner``.
 
-* The module ``django.test._doctest`` and the classes
-  ``django.test.testcases.DocTestRunner`` and
-  ``django.test.testcases.OutputChecker`` will be removed. Instead use the
-  doctest module from the Python standard library.
+* The module ``django.test._doctest`` will be removed. Instead use the doctest
+  module from the Python standard library.
 
 * The ``CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_ANONYMOUS_ONLY`` setting will be removed.
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
index 4f4b6158352..c01128c684b 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
@@ -345,21 +345,15 @@ support some types of tests that were supported by the previous runner:
   your test suite, follow the `recommendations in the Python documentation`_.
 
 Django bundles a modified version of the :mod:`doctest` module from the Python
-standard library (in ``django.test._doctest``) in order to allow passing in a
-custom ``DocTestRunner`` when instantiating a ``DocTestSuite``, and includes
-some additional doctest utilities (``django.test.testcases.DocTestRunner``
-turns on the ``ELLIPSIS`` option by default, and
-``django.test.testcases.OutputChecker`` provides better matching of XML, JSON,
-and numeric data types).
-
-These utilities are deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.8; doctest
-suites should be updated to work with the standard library's doctest module (or
-converted to unittest-compatible tests).
+standard library (in ``django.test._doctest``) and includes some additional
+doctest utilities. These utilities are deprecated and will be removed in Django
+1.8; doctest suites should be updated to work with the standard library's
+doctest module (or converted to unittest-compatible tests).
 
 If you wish to delay updates to your test suite, you can set your
 :setting:`TEST_RUNNER` setting to ``django.test.simple.DjangoTestSuiteRunner``
-to fully restore the old test behavior. ``DjangoTestSuiteRunner`` is
-deprecated but will not be removed from Django until version 1.8.
+to fully restore the old test behavior. ``DjangoTestSuiteRunner`` is deprecated
+but will not be removed from Django until version 1.8.
 
 .. _recommendations in the Python documentation: http://docs.python.org/2/library/doctest.html#unittest-api