diff --git a/scikits/learn/linear_model/tests/test_least_angle.py b/scikits/learn/linear_model/tests/test_least_angle.py
index 4521dbbab5931b3c784856e4e40485f06611ba97..022905793fd70517a94151296e73d4b1d6fe774d 100644
--- a/scikits/learn/linear_model/tests/test_least_angle.py
+++ b/scikits/learn/linear_model/tests/test_least_angle.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
-from numpy.testing import assert_, assert_array_almost_equal
+from numpy.testing import assert_array_almost_equal
 
 from scikits.learn import linear_model, datasets
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_collinearity():
     y = np.array([1., 0., 0])
 
     _, _, coef_path_ = linear_model.lars_path(X, y)
-    assert_(not np.isnan(coef_path_).any())
+    assert (not np.isnan(coef_path_).any())
     assert_array_almost_equal(np.dot(X, coef_path_[:,-1]), y)
 
 
diff --git a/scikits/learn/tests/test_neighbors.py b/scikits/learn/tests/test_neighbors.py
index 3921fadf6b74c090b2f8610915eb18784a8f0815..79577a3ea651a84193c4c23cb74fdc92e0fb2215 100644
--- a/scikits/learn/tests/test_neighbors.py
+++ b/scikits/learn/tests/test_neighbors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
-from numpy.testing import assert_array_almost_equal, assert_array_equal, \
-     assert_
+from numpy.testing import assert_array_almost_equal, assert_array_equal
 
 from scikits.learn import neighbors, datasets
 
@@ -58,13 +57,13 @@ def test_neighbors_iris():
         assert_array_equal(clf.predict(iris.data), iris.target)
 
         clf.fit(iris.data, iris.target, n_neighbors=9, algorithm=s)
-        assert_(np.mean(clf.predict(iris.data)== iris.target) > 0.95)
+        assert np.mean(clf.predict(iris.data)== iris.target) > 0.95
 
         for m in ('barycenter', 'mean'):
             rgs = neighbors.NeighborsRegressor()
             rgs.fit(iris.data, iris.target, mode=m, algorithm=s)
-            assert_(np.mean(
-                rgs.predict(iris.data).round() == iris.target) > 0.95)
+            assert np.mean(
+                rgs.predict(iris.data).round() == iris.target) > 0.95
 
 
 def test_kneighbors_graph():