diff --git a/Tests/test_000_sanity.py b/Tests/test_000_sanity.py
index f9c34527c..a30786458 100644
--- a/Tests/test_000_sanity.py
+++ b/Tests/test_000_sanity.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ assert PIL.Image.VERSION[:3] == '1.1'
 # Create an image and do stuff with it.
 im = PIL.Image.new("1", (100, 100))
 assert (im.mode, im.size) == ('1', (100, 100))
-assert len(im.tobytes() if py3 else im.tostring()) == 1300
+assert len(im.tobytes()) == 1300
 
 # Create images in all remaining major modes.
 im = PIL.Image.new("L", (100, 100))
diff --git a/Tests/test_image_frombytes.py b/Tests/test_image_frombytes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa157aa6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/test_image_frombytes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from tester import *
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+def test_sanity():
+    im1 = lena()
+    im2 = Image.frombytes(im1.mode, im1.size, im1.tobytes())
+
+    assert_image_equal(im1, im2)
+
diff --git a/Tests/test_image_fromstring.py b/Tests/test_image_fromstring.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc53ebcc..000000000
--- a/Tests/test_image_fromstring.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-from tester import *
-
-from PIL import Image
-
-def test_sanity():
-
-    im1 = lena()
-    im2 = None
-
-    if py3:
-        im2 = Image.frombytes(im1.mode, im1.size, im1.tobytes())
-    else:
-        im2 = Image.fromstring(im1.mode, im1.size, im1.tostring())
-
-    assert_image_equal(im1, im2)
-
diff --git a/Tests/test_image_tostring.py b/Tests/test_image_tobytes.py
similarity index 64%
rename from Tests/test_image_tostring.py
rename to Tests/test_image_tobytes.py
index c4d89df93..d42399993 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_tostring.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_tobytes.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ from tester import *
 from PIL import Image
 
 def test_sanity():
-    data = lena().tobytes() if py3 else lena().tostring()
+    data = lena().tobytes()
     assert_true(isinstance(data, bytes))
diff --git a/Tests/test_lib_pack.py b/Tests/test_lib_pack.py
index c295ac652..5bf622c36 100644
--- a/Tests/test_lib_pack.py
+++ b/Tests/test_lib_pack.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def test_pack():
         if py3:
             return list(im.tobytes("raw", rawmode))
         else:
-            return [ord(c) for c in im.tostring("raw", rawmode)]
+            return [ord(c) for c in im.tobytes("raw", rawmode)]
 
     assert_equal(pack("1", "1"), [128])
     assert_equal(pack("1", "1;I"), [0])
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def test_unpack():
 
         if py3:
             data = bytes(range(1,bytes_+1))
-            im = Image.frombytes(mode, (1, 1), data, "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
         else:
             data = ''.join(chr(i) for i in range(1,bytes_+1))
-            im = Image.fromstring(mode, (1, 1), data, "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
+
+        im = Image.frombytes(mode, (1, 1), data, "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
 
         return im.getpixel((0, 0))
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_unpack():
         if py3:
             im = Image.frombytes(mode, (8, 1), bytes([value]), "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
         else:
-            im = Image.fromstring(mode, (8, 1), chr(value), "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
+            im = Image.frombytes(mode, (8, 1), chr(value), "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
 
         return tuple(im.getdata())
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_mode_i16.py b/Tests/test_mode_i16.py
index 060a68bca..584bdd933 100644
--- a/Tests/test_mode_i16.py
+++ b/Tests/test_mode_i16.py
@@ -79,18 +79,15 @@ def test_basic():
     basic("I")
 
 
-def test_tostring():
+def test_tobytes():
 
-    def tostring(mode):
-        if py3:
-            return Image.new(mode, (1, 1), 1).tobytes()
-        else:
-            return Image.new(mode, (1, 1), 1).tostring()
+    def tobytes(mode):
+        return Image.new(mode, (1, 1), 1).tobytes()
 
-    assert_equal(tostring("L"), b"\x01")
-    assert_equal(tostring("I;16"), b"\x01\x00")
-    assert_equal(tostring("I;16B"), b"\x00\x01")
-    assert_equal(tostring("I"), b"\x01\x00\x00\x00")
+    assert_equal(tobytes("L"), b"\x01")
+    assert_equal(tobytes("I;16"), b"\x01\x00")
+    assert_equal(tobytes("I;16B"), b"\x00\x01")
+    assert_equal(tobytes("I"), b"\x01\x00\x00\x00")
 
 
 def test_convert():
diff --git a/Tests/tester.py b/Tests/tester.py
index 14e4a2d2d..370740cb4 100644
--- a/Tests/tester.py
+++ b/Tests/tester.py
@@ -144,12 +144,9 @@ def assert_image_equal(a, b, msg=None):
         failure(msg or "got mode %r, expected %r" % (a.mode, b.mode))
     elif a.size != b.size:
         failure(msg or "got size %r, expected %r" % (a.size, b.size))
-    elif py3 and a.tobytes() != b.tobytes():
+    elif a.tobytes() != b.tobytes():
         failure(msg or "got different content")
         # generate better diff?
-    elif not py3 and a.tostring() != b.tostring():
-        failure(msg or "got different content")
-        # same complaint?
     else:
         success()