diff --git a/tests/test_client/views.py b/tests/test_client/views.py
index a4cc5cd3a7..2761f19e80 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/views.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.http import (
     HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotAllowed,
     HttpResponseNotFound, HttpResponseRedirect,
 )
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template import Context, Template
 from django.test import Client
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
@@ -168,12 +168,10 @@ def form_view_with_template(request):
     else:
         form = TestForm()
         message = 'GET form page'
-    return render_to_response('form_view.html',
-        {
-            'form': form,
-            'message': message
-        }
-    )
+    return render(request, 'form_view.html', {
+        'form': form,
+        'message': message,
+    })
 
 
 class BaseTestFormSet(BaseFormSet):
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
index 5897efa4bb..d12087078a 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.signals import user_logged_in, user_logged_out
 from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-from django.template import Context, TemplateSyntaxError, engines
+from django.template import (
+    Context, RequestContext, TemplateSyntaxError, engines,
+)
 from django.template.response import SimpleTemplateResponse
 from django.test import (
     Client, SimpleTestCase, TestCase, ignore_warnings, override_settings,
@@ -1021,7 +1023,7 @@ class ContextTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
     def test_single_context(self):
         "Context variables can be retrieved from a single context"
         response = self.client.get("/request_data/", data={'foo': 'whiz'})
-        self.assertEqual(response.context.__class__, Context)
+        self.assertIsInstance(response.context, RequestContext)
         self.assertIn('get-foo', response.context)
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
         self.assertEqual(response.context['data'], 'sausage')
@@ -1083,7 +1085,7 @@ class ContextTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         response.context is not lost when view call another view.
         """
         response = self.client.get("/nested_view/")
-        self.assertEqual(response.context.__class__, Context)
+        self.assertIsInstance(response.context, RequestContext)
         self.assertEqual(response.context['nested'], 'yes')
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/views.py b/tests/test_client_regress/views.py
index 8470bb9935..abbf7e16fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/views.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
-from django.shortcuts import render, render_to_response
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.test import Client
 from django.test.client import CONTENT_TYPE_RE
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ get_view = login_required(get_view)
 
 def request_data(request, template='base.html', data='sausage'):
     "A simple view that returns the request data in the context"
-    return render_to_response(template, {
+    return render(request, template, {
         'get-foo': request.GET.get('foo'),
         'get-bar': request.GET.get('bar'),
         'post-foo': request.POST.get('foo'),
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def nested_view(request):
     setup_test_environment()
     c = Client()
     c.get("/no_template_view/")
-    return render_to_response('base.html', {'nested': 'yes'})
+    return render(request, 'base.html', {'nested': 'yes'})
 
 
 def login_protected_redirect_view(request):
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def request_methods_view(request):
 
 
 def return_unicode(request):
-    return render_to_response('unicode.html')
+    return render(request, 'unicode.html')
 
 
 def return_undecodable_binary(request):
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/views.py b/tests/view_tests/views.py
index 7996193b2e..a30aa21c0d 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/views.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied, SuspiciousOperation
 from django.core.urlresolvers import get_resolver
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, JsonResponse
-from django.shortcuts import render, render_to_response
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.views.debug import (
     SafeExceptionReporterFilter, technical_500_response,
@@ -74,23 +74,22 @@ def view_exception(request, n):
 
 
 def template_exception(request, n):
-    return render_to_response('debug/template_exception.html',
-        {'arg': except_args[int(n)]})
+    return render(request, 'debug/template_exception.html', {'arg': except_args[int(n)]})
 
 
 def jsi18n(request):
-    return render_to_response('jsi18n.html')
+    return render(request, 'jsi18n.html')
 
 
 def jsi18n_multi_catalogs(request):
-    return render_to_response('jsi18n-multi-catalogs.html')
+    return render(render, 'jsi18n-multi-catalogs.html')
 
 
 def raises_template_does_not_exist(request, path='i_dont_exist.html'):
     # We need to inspect the HTML generated by the fancy 500 debug view but
     # the test client ignores it, so we send it explicitly.
     try:
-        return render_to_response(path)
+        return render(request, path)
     except TemplateDoesNotExist:
         return technical_500_response(request, *sys.exc_info())