diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index 39c91b478b0..f2222a1eba7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ def test_compare(self):
             self.assertRaises(BytesWarning, operator.eq, bytearray(b''), '')
             self.assertRaises(BytesWarning, operator.ne, bytearray(b''), '')
         else:
-            # raise test.support.TestSkipped("BytesWarning is needed for this test: use -bb option")
+            # self.skipTest("BytesWarning is needed for this test: use -bb option")
             pass
 
     # Optimizations:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec_support.py b/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec_support.py
index 5e68856b7a0..e4036bf2c6a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec_support.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         try:
             self.open_mapping_file() # test it to report the error early
         except IOError:
-            raise support.TestSkipped("Could not retrieve "+self.mapfileurl)
+            self.skipTest("Could not retrieve "+self.mapfileurl)
 
     def open_mapping_file(self):
         return support.open_urlresource(self.mapfileurl)