diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/pens/pointInsidePen_test.py b/Lib/fontTools/pens/pointInsidePen_test.py
index 36dbc8f8a..6020c3281 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/pens/pointInsidePen_test.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/pens/pointInsidePen_test.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class PointInsidePenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             pen.moveTo((9,1)); pen.lineTo((4,1)); pen.lineTo((9,4))
             pen.closePath()
 
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             " *********"
             "   **    *"
             "     **  *"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class PointInsidePenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "         *",
             self.render(draw_triangles, even_odd=True))
 
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             " *********"
             "   *******"
             "     *****"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class PointInsidePenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             pen.moveTo((10,5)); pen.curveTo((1,4), (1,1), (10,0))
             pen.closePath()
 
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             "***    ***"
             "****  ****"
             "***    ***"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class PointInsidePenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "***    ***",
             self.render(draw_curves, even_odd=True))
 
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             "***    ***"
             "**********"
             "**********"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class PointInsidePenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             pen.moveTo((10,5)); pen.qCurveTo((-5,3), (10,0))
             pen.closePath()
 
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             "***     **"
             "****   ***"
             "***    ***"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class PointInsidePenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "**     ***",
             self.render(draw_qCurves, even_odd=True))
 
-        self.assertEquals(
+        self.assertEqual(
             "***     **"
             "**********"
             "**********"
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_l_t_a_g_test.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_l_t_a_g_test.py
index 394be1cf9..f43c8bade 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_l_t_a_g_test.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_l_t_a_g_test.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ class Test_l_t_a_g(unittest.TestCase):
 	def test_decompile_compile(self):
 		table = table__l_t_a_g()
 		table.decompile(self.DATA_, ttFont=None)
-		self.assertEquals(1, table.version)
-		self.assertEquals(0, table.flags)
-		self.assertEquals(self.TAGS_, table.tags)
-		self.assertEquals(self.DATA_, table.compile(ttFont=None))
+		self.assertEqual(1, table.version)
+		self.assertEqual(0, table.flags)
+		self.assertEqual(self.TAGS_, table.tags)
+		self.assertEqual(self.DATA_, table.compile(ttFont=None))
 
 	def test_fromXML(self):
 		table = table__l_t_a_g()
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ class Test_l_t_a_g(unittest.TestCase):
 		table.fromXML("flags", {"value": "777"}, content=None, ttFont=None)
 		table.fromXML("LanguageTag", {"tag": "sr-Latn"}, content=None, ttFont=None)
 		table.fromXML("LanguageTag", {"tag": "fa"}, content=None, ttFont=None)
-		self.assertEquals(1, table.version)
-		self.assertEquals(777, table.flags)
-		self.assertEquals(["sr-Latn", "fa"], table.tags)
+		self.assertEqual(1, table.version)
+		self.assertEqual(777, table.flags)
+		self.assertEqual(["sr-Latn", "fa"], table.tags)
 
 	def test_toXML(self):
 		writer = XMLWriter(StringIO())
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Test_l_t_a_g(unittest.TestCase):
 			'<LanguageTag tag="zh-Hant"/>',
 			'<LanguageTag tag="zh"/>'
 		]) + os.linesep
-		self.assertEquals(expected.encode("utf_8"), writer.file.getvalue())
+		self.assertEqual(expected.encode("utf_8"), writer.file.getvalue())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':