diff --git a/tests/buffers/bufaccess.pyx b/tests/buffers/bufaccess.pyx
index 077dde004a6ba86fe5d5bdbf01d67b2e0fa576ca..089239c1e1ce01f3c48f4a434a437b20ef0b9649 100644
--- a/tests/buffers/bufaccess.pyx
+++ b/tests/buffers/bufaccess.pyx
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ def acquire_nonbuffer1(first, second=None):
     """
     >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(3)   # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
-    TypeError: 'int' does not ... the buffer interface
+    TypeError:... 'int'...
     >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(type)   # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
-    TypeError: 'type' does not ... the buffer interface
+    TypeError:... 'type'...
     >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(None, 2)   # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
-    TypeError: 'int' does not ... the buffer interface
+    TypeError:... 'int'...
     """
     cdef object[int] buf
     buf = first
diff --git a/tests/memoryview/memslice.pyx b/tests/memoryview/memslice.pyx
index bd7e59c244c2e2393fa381ead8af0ac0a44ca4e2..2ef265865b541af34fb39558bf96b1762ce9968f 100644
--- a/tests/memoryview/memslice.pyx
+++ b/tests/memoryview/memslice.pyx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from cython.parallel cimport prange, parallel
 
 import gc
 import sys
-import re
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     import __builtin__ as builtins
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ __test__ = {}
 
 def testcase(func):
     doctest = func.__doc__
-    if sys.version_info >= (3,1,1):
-        doctest = doctest.replace('does not have the buffer interface',
-                                  'does not support the buffer interface')
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
         _u = str
     else:
@@ -162,22 +158,22 @@ def acquire_failure3():
 @testcase
 def acquire_nonbuffer1(first, second=None):
     """
-    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(3)
+    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(3)  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: 'int' does not have the buffer interface
-    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(type)
+    TypeError:... 'int'...
+    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(type)  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: 'type' does not have the buffer interface
-    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(None, 2)
+    TypeError:... 'type'...
+    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(None, 2)  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: 'int' does not have the buffer interface
-    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(4, object())
+    TypeError:... 'int'...
+    >>> acquire_nonbuffer1(4, object())  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: 'int' does not have the buffer interface
+    TypeError:... 'int'...
     """
     cdef int[:] buf
     buf = first