diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 8bcf56e02..8c3b2f34e 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -10,26 +10,6 @@
 from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
 
 
-def minpython(*version):
-    version_str = '.'.join([str(num) for num in version])
-
-    def outer(func):
-        dec = pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < version,
-                                 reason='Requires Python >= %s' % version_str)
-        return dec(func)
-    return outer
-
-
-def maxpython(*version):
-    version_str = '.'.join([str(num) for num in version])
-
-    def outer(func):
-        dec = pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info >= version,
-                                 reason='Requires Python < %s' % version_str)
-        return dec(func)
-    return outer
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def timezone(monkeypatch):
     tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin')
diff --git a/tests/test_executors.py b/tests/test_executors.py
index fe125b3d4..d67e187ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_executors.py
+++ b/tests/test_executors.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from apscheduler.job import Job
 from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
 from apscheduler.schedulers.base import BaseScheduler
-from tests.conftest import minpython
 
 try:
     from unittest.mock import Mock, MagicMock, patch
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ def func():
     assert len(foos) == 0
 
 
-@minpython(3, 3)
 def test_broken_pool():
     def listener(evt):
         pid[0] = evt.retval
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index 68f93951b..98f71d329 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
 import platform
 import sys
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, tzinfo
@@ -8,17 +7,15 @@
 
 import pytest
 import pytz
-import six
 
 from apscheduler.util import (
     asbool, asint, astimezone, check_callable_args,
     convert_to_datetime, datetime_ceil,
     datetime_repr, datetime_to_utc_timestamp,
     get_callable_name, iscoroutinefunction_partial, maybe_ref, obj_to_ref,
-    ref_to_obj, repr_escape, timedelta_seconds,
+    ref_to_obj, timedelta_seconds,
     utc_timestamp_to_datetime,
 )
-from tests.conftest import maxpython, minpython
 
 
 class DummyClass(object):
@@ -267,15 +264,6 @@ def test_maybe_ref(input, expected):
     assert maybe_ref(input) == expected
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('input,expected', [
-    (b'T\xc3\xa9st'.decode('utf-8'), 'T\\xe9st' if six.PY2 else 'Tést'),
-    (1, 1)
-], ids=['string', 'int'])
-@maxpython(3)
-def test_repr_escape_py2(input, expected):
-    assert repr_escape(input) == expected
-
-
 class TestCheckCallableArgs(object):
     def test_invalid_callable_args(self):
         """
@@ -321,7 +309,6 @@ def test_signature_positional_only(self):
         """Tests that a function where signature() fails is accepted."""
         check_callable_args(object().__setattr__, ('blah', 1), {})
 
-    @minpython(3, 4)
     @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy',
                         reason='PyPy does not expose signatures of builtins')
     def test_positional_only_args(self):
@@ -335,7 +322,6 @@ def test_positional_only_args(self):
         assert str(exc.value) == ('The following arguments cannot be given as keyword arguments: '
                                   'value')
 
-    @minpython(3)
     def test_unfulfilled_kwargs(self):
         """
         Tests that attempting to schedule a job where not all keyword-only arguments are fulfilled