diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f010ef5b..efcf81d8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ or with the pg_config option in 'setup.cfg'.
 
         # Support unicode paths, if this version of Python provides the
         # necessary infrastructure:
-        if sys.version_info[0] < 3 \
-                and hasattr(sys, 'getfilesystemencoding'):
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
             pg_config_path = pg_config_path.encode(
                 sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cursor.py b/tests/test_cursor.py
index e97e817b..d65b93a6 100755
--- a/tests/test_cursor.py
+++ b/tests/test_cursor.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ import pickle
 import psycopg2
 import psycopg2.extensions
 from testutils import (unittest, ConnectingTestCase, skip_before_postgres,
-    skip_if_no_getrefcount, slow, skip_if_no_superuser,
-    skip_if_windows)
+    slow, skip_if_no_superuser, skip_if_windows)
 
 import psycopg2.extras
 
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ class CursorTests(ConnectingTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(b'SELECT 10.3;',
             cur.mogrify("SELECT %s;", (Decimal("10.3"),)))
 
-    @skip_if_no_getrefcount
     def test_mogrify_leak_on_multiple_reference(self):
         # issue #81: reference leak when a parameter value is referenced
         # more than once from a dict.
diff --git a/tests/testutils.py b/tests/testutils.py
index ba31e3b0..7ecfb89a 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.py
+++ b/tests/testutils.py
@@ -32,37 +32,8 @@ from functools import wraps
 from testconfig import dsn, repl_dsn
 
 
-if hasattr(unittest, 'skipIf'):
-    skip = unittest.skip
-    skipIf = unittest.skipIf
-
-else:
-    import warnings
-
-    def skipIf(cond, msg):
-        def skipIf_(f):
-            @wraps(f)
-            def skipIf__(self):
-                if cond:
-                    with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                        warnings.simplefilter('always', UserWarning)
-                        warnings.warn(msg)
-                    return
-                else:
-                    return f(self)
-            return skipIf__
-        return skipIf_
-
-    def skip(msg):
-        return skipIf(True, msg)
-
-    def skipTest(self, msg):
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter('always', UserWarning)
-            warnings.warn(msg)
-        return
-
-    unittest.TestCase.skipTest = skipTest
+skip = unittest.skip
+skipIf = unittest.skipIf
 
 # Silence warnings caused by the stubbornness of the Python unittest
 # maintainers
@@ -382,16 +353,6 @@ def skip_if_green(reason):
 skip_copy_if_green = skip_if_green("copy in async mode currently not supported")
 
 
-def skip_if_no_getrefcount(f):
-    @wraps(f)
-    def skip_if_no_getrefcount_(self):
-        if not hasattr(sys, 'getrefcount'):
-            return self.skipTest('skipped, no sys.getrefcount()')
-        else:
-            return f(self)
-    return skip_if_no_getrefcount_
-
-
 def skip_if_windows(f):
     """Skip a test if run on windows"""
     @wraps(f)