diff --git a/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_client.py b/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_client.py
--- a/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_client.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         for pkginfo, author, release, artifact, dir_path in actual_releases:
             version = pkginfo['version']
             expected_pkginfo = _project_pkginfo(dir_path)
-            self.assertEquals(pkginfo, expected_pkginfo)
+            self.assertEqual(pkginfo, expected_pkginfo)
             expected_author = converters.author(expected_pkginfo)
             self.assertEqual(author, expected_author)
             expected_artifact = expected_release_artifacts[version]
diff --git a/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_converters.py b/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_converters.py
--- a/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_converters.py
+++ b/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_converters.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             'email': b'iam@groot.org',
         }
 
-        self.assertEquals(actual_author, expected_author)
+        self.assertEqual(actual_author, expected_author)
 
     def test_author_malformed(self):
         data = {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             'email': None,
         }
 
-        self.assertEquals(actual_author, expected_author)
+        self.assertEqual(actual_author, expected_author)
 
     def test_author_malformed_2(self):
         data = {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             'email': b'[marie@some, jeanne@thing]',
         }
 
-        self.assertEquals(actual_author, expected_author)
+        self.assertEqual(actual_author, expected_author)
 
     def test_author_malformed_3(self):
         data = {
@@ -118,4 +118,4 @@
             'email': b'[marie@somewhere.org, jeanne@somewhere.org]',
         }
 
-        self.assertEquals(actual_author, expected_author)
+        self.assertEqual(actual_author, expected_author)
diff --git a/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_loader.py b/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/pypi/tests/test_loader.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import json
-import shutil
 import tempfile
 
 from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@
         self.assertSnapshotOk(expected_snapshot_id, expected_branches)
 
         _id = hashutil.hash_to_hex(self.loader._last_snapshot()['id'])
-        self.assertEquals(expected_snapshot_id, _id)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_snapshot_id, _id)
 
         self.assertEqual(self.loader.load_status(), {'status': 'uneventful'})
         self.assertEqual(self.loader.visit_status(), 'full')