diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/topology/test_topology_base.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/topology/test_topology_base.py
index 4b103ed12ee..c1e41466209 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/topology/test_topology_base.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/topology/test_topology_base.py
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import numpy as np
-from numpy.testing import (
-    assert_array_equal,
-)
+from numpy.testing import assert_equal
 
 from MDAnalysis.topology.base import squash_by, change_squash
 
+
 class TestSquash(object):
     atom_resids = np.array([2, 2, 1, 1, 5, 5, 4, 4])
     atom_resnames = np.array(['A', 'A', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C', 'D', 'D'],
                              dtype=object)
 
     def test_squash(self):
-        atom_residx, resids, (resnames,) = squash_by(
-            self.atom_resids, self.atom_resnames)
+        atom_residx, resids, (resnames, ) = squash_by(self.atom_resids,
+                                                      self.atom_resnames)
 
-        assert_array_equal(atom_residx, np.array([1, 1, 0, 0, 3, 3, 2, 2]))
-        assert_array_equal(resids, np.array([1, 2, 4, 5]))
-        assert_array_equal(resnames, np.array(['B', 'A', 'D', 'C']))
+        assert_equal(atom_residx, np.array([1, 1, 0, 0, 3, 3, 2, 2]))
+        assert_equal(resids, np.array([1, 2, 4, 5]))
+        assert_equal(resnames, np.array(['B', 'A', 'D', 'C']))
 
 
 class TestChangeSquash(object):
@@ -30,17 +29,17 @@ def test_resid_squash(self):
         segids = np.array(['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'B', 'B'])
 
         residx, (new_resids, new_resnames, new_segids) = change_squash(
-            (resids,), (resids, resnames, segids))
+            (resids, ), (resids, resnames, segids))
 
-        assert_array_equal(residx, np.array([0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2]))
-        assert_array_equal(new_resids, np.array([2, 3, 2]))
-        assert_array_equal(new_resnames, np.array(['RsA', 'RsB', 'RsC']))
-        assert_array_equal(new_segids, np.array(['A', 'A', 'B']))
+        assert_equal(residx, np.array([0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2]))
+        assert_equal(new_resids, np.array([2, 3, 2]))
+        assert_equal(new_resnames, np.array(['RsA', 'RsB', 'RsC']))
+        assert_equal(new_segids, np.array(['A', 'A', 'B']))
 
     def test_segid_squash(self):
         segids = np.array(['A', 'A', 'B'])
 
-        segidx, (new_segids,) = change_squash((segids,), (segids,))
+        segidx, (new_segids, ) = change_squash((segids, ), (segids, ))
 
-        assert_array_equal(segidx, np.array([0, 0, 1]))
-        assert_array_equal(new_segids, np.array(['A', 'B']))
+        assert_equal(segidx, np.array([0, 0, 1]))
+        assert_equal(new_segids, np.array(['A', 'B']))