diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 45bd976ba..b72a9d3c6 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ def __setDNSCache():
             kb.cache[args] = socket._getaddrinfo(*args, **kwargs)
             return kb.cache[args]
 
-    if socket.getaddrinfo != _getaddrinfo:
+    if not hasattr(socket, '_getaddrinfo'):
         socket._getaddrinfo = socket.getaddrinfo
         socket.getaddrinfo = _getaddrinfo
 
diff --git a/lib/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index 5857d8ee7..fd70eb26f 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ def smokeTest():
     return retVal
 
 def adjustValueType(tagName, value):
-    # as it's not part of optDict
-    if tagName == "technique":
-        value = int(value)
-
     for family in optDict.keys():
         for name, type_ in optDict[family].items():
             if type(type_) == tuple: