diff --git a/markdown/treeprocessors.py b/markdown/treeprocessors.py
index d06f19288..bb765724a 100644
--- a/markdown/treeprocessors.py
+++ b/markdown/treeprocessors.py
@@ -358,14 +358,14 @@ def run(self, root):
         self._prettifyETree(root)
         # Do <br />'s seperately as they are often in the middle of
         # inline content and missed by _prettifyETree.
-        brs = root.getiterator('br')
+        brs = root.iter('br')
         for br in brs:
             if not br.tail or not br.tail.strip():
                 br.tail = '\n'
             else:
                 br.tail = '\n%s' % br.tail
         # Clean up extra empty lines at end of code blocks.
-        pres = root.getiterator('pre')
+        pres = root.iter('pre')
         for pre in pres:
             if len(pre) and pre[0].tag == 'code':
                 pre[0].text = util.AtomicString(pre[0].text.rstrip() + '\n')