diff --git a/testing/test_assertion.py b/testing/test_assertion.py
index f217a1de4..aae722cf1 100644
--- a/testing/test_assertion.py
+++ b/testing/test_assertion.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import sys
 import py, pytest
 import _pytest.assertion as plugin
 from _pytest.assertion import reinterpret
-from _pytest.assertion import util
 needsnewassert = pytest.mark.skipif("sys.version_info < (2,6)")
 
 
diff --git a/testing/test_capture.py b/testing/test_capture.py
index a0c1d98ef..43b137d88 100644
--- a/testing/test_capture.py
+++ b/testing/test_capture.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class TestCaptureManager:
         assert parser._groups[0].options[0].default == "sys"
 
     @needsosdup
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("method", 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("method",
         ['no', 'sys', pytest.mark.skipif('not hasattr(os, "dup")', 'fd')])
     def test_capturing_basic_api(self, method):
         capouter = StdCaptureFD()
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ def saved_fd(fd):
     finally:
         os.dup2(new_fd, fd)
 
-    
+
 class TestStdCapture:
     captureclass = staticmethod(StdCapture)
 
@@ -1011,20 +1011,3 @@ def test_capturing_and_logging_fundamentals(testdir, method):
     """)
     assert "atexit" not in result.stderr.str()
 
-def test_close_and_capture_again(testdir):
-    testdir.makepyfile("""
-        import os
-        def test_close():
-            os.close(1)
-        def test_capture_again():
-            os.write(1, b"hello\\n")
-            assert 0
-    """)
-    result = testdir.runpytest()
-    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("""
-        *test_capture_again*
-        *assert 0*
-        *stdout*
-        *hello*
-    """)
-
diff --git a/testing/test_config.py b/testing/test_config.py
index 02c796a87..c25de6ea4 100644
--- a/testing/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/test_config.py
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class TestConfigAPI:
                 parser.addoption("--hello")
         """)
         config = testdir.parseconfig()
-        pytest.raises(pytest.skip.Exception,
-            "config.getvalueorskip('hello')")
+        with pytest.raises(pytest.skip.Exception):
+            config.getvalueorskip('hello')
 
     def test_getoption(self, testdir):
         config = testdir.parseconfig()