diff --git a/tests/helpers.py b/tests/helpers.py
index b4451615..ac196aba 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/helpers.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 from json import JSONEncoder
 import sys
 import types
+from unittest import skipUnless as skip_unless
+from unittest import TestCase
 import uuid
 
 from flask import Flask
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@
     has_flask_sqlalchemy = False
 else:
     has_flask_sqlalchemy = True
-from nose import SkipTest
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy import event
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
@@ -71,60 +72,6 @@ def isclass(obj):
     return isinstance(obj, CLASS_TYPES)
 
 
-def skip_unless(condition, reason=None):
-    """Decorator that skips `test` unless `condition` is ``True``.
-
-    This is a replacement for :func:`unittest.skipUnless` that works with
-    ``nose``. The argument ``reason`` is a string describing why the test was
-    skipped.
-
-    This decorator can be applied to functions, methods, or classes.
-
-    """
-
-    def decorated(test):
-        """Returns a decorated version of ``test``, as described in the
-        wrapper defined within.
-
-        """
-        message = 'Skipped {0}: {1}'.format(test.__name__, reason)
-
-        # HACK-ish: If the test is actually a test class, override the
-        # setup method so that the only thing it does is raise
-        # `SkipTest`. Thus whenever setup() is called, the test that
-        # would have been run is skipped.
-        if isclass(test):
-            if not condition:
-                def new_setup(self):
-                    raise SkipTest(message)
-
-                test.setup = new_setup
-            return test
-
-        @wraps(test)
-        def inner(*args, **kw):
-            """Checks that ``condition`` is ``True`` before executing
-            ``test(*args, **kw)``.
-
-            """
-            if not condition:
-                raise SkipTest(message)
-            return test(*args, **kw)
-
-        return inner
-
-    return decorated
-
-
-def skip(reason=None):
-    """Unconditionally skip a test.
-
-    This is a convenience function for ``skip_unless(False, reason)``.
-
-    """
-    return skip_unless(False, reason)
-
-
 def parse_version(version_string):
     """Parses the Flask-SQLAlchemy version string into a pair of
     integers.
@@ -270,7 +217,7 @@ def default(self, obj):
         return super(BetterJSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
 
 
-class FlaskTestBase(object):
+class FlaskTestBase(TestCase):
     """Base class for tests which use a Flask application.
 
     The Flask test client can be accessed at ``self.app``. The Flask
@@ -278,7 +225,7 @@ class FlaskTestBase(object):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the Flask application and the APIManager."""
         # create the Flask application
         app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -316,20 +263,21 @@ def database_uri(self):
         return 'sqlite://'
 
 
+@skip_unless(has_flask_sqlalchemy, 'Flask-SQLAlchemy not found')
 class FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase(FlaskTestBase, DatabaseMixin):
     """Base class for tests that use Flask-SQLAlchemy (instead of plain
     old SQLAlchemy).
 
-    If Flask-SQLAlchemy is not installed, the :meth:`.setup` method will
+    If Flask-SQLAlchemy is not installed, the :meth:`.setUp` method will
     raise :exc:`nose.SkipTest`, so that each test method will be
     skipped individually.
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase, self).setup()
-        if not has_flask_sqlalchemy:
-            raise SkipTest('Flask-SQLAlchemy not found.')
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase, self).setUp()
+        # if not has_flask_sqlalchemy:
+        #     raise SkipTest('Flask-SQLAlchemy not found.')
         self.flaskapp.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = self.database_uri()
         # This is to avoid a warning in earlier versions of
         # Flask-SQLAlchemy.
@@ -339,7 +287,7 @@ def setup(self):
         self.db = SQLAlchemy(self.flaskapp)
         self.session = self.db.session
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         """Drops all tables and unregisters Flask-SQLAlchemy session
         signals.
 
@@ -351,7 +299,7 @@ def teardown(self):
 class SQLAlchemyTestBase(FlaskTestBase, DatabaseMixin):
     """Base class for tests that use a SQLAlchemy database.
 
-    The :meth:`setup` method does the necessary SQLAlchemy
+    The :meth:`setUp` method does the necessary SQLAlchemy
     initialization, and the subclasses should populate the database with
     models and then create the database (by calling
     ``self.Base.metadata.create_all()``).
@@ -362,12 +310,12 @@ class SQLAlchemyTestBase(FlaskTestBase, DatabaseMixin):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Initializes the components necessary for models in a SQLAlchemy
         database.
 
         """
-        super(SQLAlchemyTestBase, self).setup()
+        super(SQLAlchemyTestBase, self).setUp()
         engine = create_engine(self.database_uri(), convert_unicode=True)
         self.Session = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False,
                                     bind=engine)
@@ -375,7 +323,7 @@ def setup(self):
         self.Base = declarative_base()
         self.Base.metadata.bind = engine
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         """Drops all tables from the temporary database."""
         self.session.remove()
         self.Base.metadata.drop_all()
@@ -396,11 +344,11 @@ class ManagerTestBase(SQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Initializes an instance of
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.APIManager` with a SQLAlchemy
         session.
 
         """
-        super(ManagerTestBase, self).setup()
+        super(ManagerTestBase, self).setUp()
         self.manager = APIManager(self.flaskapp, session=self.session)
diff --git a/tests/test_bulk.py b/tests/test_bulk.py
index 9dfcf2bc..0991e639 100644
--- a/tests/test_bulk.py
+++ b/tests/test_bulk.py
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 # License version 3 and under the 3-clause BSD license. For more
 # information, see LICENSE.AGPL and LICENSE.BSD.
 """Unit tests for the JSON API Bulk extension."""
+from unittest import skip
+
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import Integer
 
 from .helpers import dumps
 from .helpers import loads
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from .helpers import skip
 
 
 @skip('Not yet implemented')
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ class TestCreating(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestCreating, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestCreating, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ class TestUpdating(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestUpdating, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestUpdating, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -229,8 +230,8 @@ class TestDeleting(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestDeleting, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestDeleting, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
diff --git a/tests/test_creating.py b/tests/test_creating.py
index 87bfcb87..b71518d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_creating.py
+++ b/tests/test_creating.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import division
 from datetime import datetime
+from unittest import skip
 
 import dateutil
 from sqlalchemy import Column
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
 from .helpers import MSIE8_UA
 from .helpers import MSIE9_UA
-from .helpers import skip
 
 
 def raise_s_exception(instance, *args, **kw):
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ def raise_d_exception(*args, **kw):
 class TestCreating(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for creating resources."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestCreating, self).setup()
+        super(TestCreating, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -835,8 +835,8 @@ def test_to_many_relationship_conflicting_type(self):
 class TestProcessors(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for pre- and postprocessors."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestProcessors, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestProcessors, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -889,14 +889,14 @@ class TestAssociationProxy(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.manager.APIManager` for that application,
         and creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the models used in the test
         methods.
 
         """
-        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setup()
+        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -995,9 +995,9 @@ class TestFlaskSQLAlchemy(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the Flask-SQLAlchemy database and models."""
-        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setup()
+        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.db.Model):
             id = self.db.Column(self.db.Integer, primary_key=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_deleting.py b/tests/test_deleting.py
index 2016543e..d3b0c8e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_deleting.py
+++ b/tests/test_deleting.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 specification.
 
 """
+from unittest import skip
+
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
 from sqlalchemy import Integer
@@ -33,20 +35,19 @@
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
 from .helpers import MSIE8_UA
 from .helpers import MSIE9_UA
-from .helpers import skip
 
 
 class TestDeleting(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for deleting resources."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestDeleting, self).setup()
+        super(TestDeleting, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ def test_related_resource_url(self):
 class TestProcessors(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for pre- and postprocessors."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestProcessors, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestProcessors, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -272,9 +273,9 @@ class TestFlaskSQLAlchemy(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the Flask-SQLAlchemy database and models."""
-        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setup()
+        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.db.Model):
             id = self.db.Column(self.db.Integer, primary_key=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_fetching.py b/tests/test_fetching.py
index 6db73fa7..44c437db 100644
--- a/tests/test_fetching.py
+++ b/tests/test_fetching.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 """
 from operator import itemgetter
+from unittest import skip
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
@@ -39,13 +40,12 @@
 from .helpers import MSIE8_UA
 from .helpers import MSIE9_UA
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from .helpers import skip
 
 
 class TestFetchCollection(ManagerTestBase):
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchCollection, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchCollection, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ def test_sorting_null_field(self):
 
 class TestFetchResource(ManagerTestBase):
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchResource, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchResource, self).setUp()
 
         # class Article(self.Base):
         #     __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ def test_attributes_in_url(self):
 
 class TestFetchRelation(ManagerTestBase):
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchRelation, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchRelation, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ def test_to_many_grouping(self):
 
 class TestFetchRelatedResource(ManagerTestBase):
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchRelatedResource, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchRelatedResource, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@ def test_nonexistent_relation(self):
 class TestFetchRelationship(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for fetching from a relationship URL."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchRelationship, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchRelationship, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ def test_relationship_url_nonexistent_relation(self):
 class TestServerSparseFieldsets(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for specifying default sparse fieldsets on the server."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestServerSparseFieldsets, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestServerSparseFieldsets, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -972,14 +972,14 @@ def test_exclude_relations(self):
 class TestProcessors(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for pre- and postprocessors."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestProcessors, self).setup()
+        super(TestProcessors, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -1438,14 +1438,14 @@ def modify_result(result=None, **kw):
 class TestDynamicRelationships(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for fetching resources from dynamic to-many relationships."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestDynamicRelationships, self).setup()
+        super(TestDynamicRelationships, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -1525,14 +1525,14 @@ class TestAssociationProxy(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.manager.APIManager` for that application,
         and creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the models used in the test
         methods.
 
         """
-        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setup()
+        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -1610,9 +1610,9 @@ class TestFlaskSQLAlchemy(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the Flask-SQLAlchemy database and models."""
-        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setup()
+        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.db.Model):
             id = self.db.Column(self.db.Integer, primary_key=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_filtering.py b/tests/test_filtering.py
index 928b5adc..b9cf4092 100644
--- a/tests/test_filtering.py
+++ b/tests/test_filtering.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import time
 from operator import itemgetter
+from unittest import skip
 
 # This import is unused but is required for testing on PyPy. CPython can
 # use psycopg2, but PyPy can only use psycopg2cffi.
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@
 from .helpers import check_sole_error
 from .helpers import dumps
 from .helpers import loads
-from .helpers import skip
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
 
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 PostgreSQL = PGFactory(cache_initialized_db=True)
 
 
-def teardown():
+def tearDown():
     """Clears the cache in the :attr:`PostgreSQL` class."""
     PostgreSQL.clear_cache()
 
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ class TestFiltering(SearchTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.manager.APIManager` for that application,
         and creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the models used in the test
         methods.
 
         """
-        super(TestFiltering, self).setup()
+        super(TestFiltering, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -701,14 +701,14 @@ def test_to_many_relation(self):
 
 class TestOperators(SearchTestBase):
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.manager.APIManager` for that application,
         and creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the models used in the test
         methods.
 
         """
-        super(TestOperators, self).setup()
+        super(TestOperators, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -929,8 +929,8 @@ class TestNetworkOperators(SearchTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestNetworkOperators, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestNetworkOperators, self).setUp()
 
         class Network(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'network'
@@ -941,15 +941,15 @@ class Network(self.Base):
         self.Base.metadata.create_all()
         self.manager.create_api(Network)
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         """Closes the database and removes the temporary directory in
         which it lives.
 
         """
-        super(TestNetworkOperators, self).teardown()
+        super(TestNetworkOperators, self).tearDown()
         self.database.stop()
 
-    # We know this method will be called by `setup()` in the superclass,
+    # We know this method will be called by `setUp()` in the superclass,
     # so we can set up the temporary database here.
     def database_uri(self):
         """Creates a PostgreSQL database and returns its connection URI."""
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ def database_uri(self):
         #:
         #: This attribute stores a
         #: :class:`~testing.postgresql.Postgresql` object, which must be
-        #: stopped in the :meth:`.teardown` method.
+        #: stopped in the :meth:`.tearDown` method.
         self.database = PostgreSQL()
 
         return self.database.url()
@@ -1096,14 +1096,14 @@ def test_contains_or_is_contained_by(self):
 class TestAssociationProxy(SearchTestBase):
     """Test for filtering on association proxies."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.manager.APIManager` for that application,
         and creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the models used in the test
         methods.
 
         """
-        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setup()
+        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_functions.py b/tests/test_functions.py
index 005fd9fd..7a5944a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_functions.py
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 class TestFunctionEvaluation(ManagerTestBase):
     """Unit tests for the :class:`flask_restless.views.FunctionAPI` class."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`testapp.Person` and
         :class:`testapp.Computer` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestFunctionEvaluation, self).setup()
+        super(TestFunctionEvaluation, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_creating_resources.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_creating_resources.py
index ef0e0cc7..a872d9d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_creating_resources.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_creating_resources.py
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ class TestCreatingResources(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestCreatingResources, self).setup()
+        super(TestCreatingResources, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_deleting_resources.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_deleting_resources.py
index 936ae240..b7e712fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_deleting_resources.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_deleting_resources.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TestDeletingResources(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def setup(self):
 
         """
         # create the database
-        super(TestDeletingResources, self).setup()
+        super(TestDeletingResources, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_document_structure.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_document_structure.py
index 680d34ed..d8cab7fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_document_structure.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_document_structure.py
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ class TestDocumentStructure(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestDocumentStructure, self).setup()
+        super(TestDocumentStructure, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_fetching_data.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_fetching_data.py
index fd7d30ff..8e6e9e1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_fetching_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_fetching_data.py
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ class TestFetchingData(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestFetchingData, self).setup()
+        super(TestFetchingData, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ class TestInclusion(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestInclusion, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestInclusion, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -668,8 +668,8 @@ class TestSparseFieldsets(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestSparseFieldsets, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestSparseFieldsets, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -795,8 +795,8 @@ class TestSorting(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestSorting, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestSorting, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ class TestPagination(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestPagination, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestPagination, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_server_responsibilities.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_server_responsibilities.py
index c0169da5..0d009f3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_server_responsibilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_server_responsibilities.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 .. _Server Responsibilities: http://jsonapi.org/format/#content-negotiation-servers
 
 """
+from unittest import skip
+
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import Unicode
 from sqlalchemy import Integer
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@
 from ..helpers import dumps
 from ..helpers import loads
 from ..helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from ..helpers import skip
 
 
 class TestServerResponsibilities(ManagerTestBase):
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ class TestServerResponsibilities(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestServerResponsibilities, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestServerResponsibilities, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_relationships.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_relationships.py
index aef72f8f..ca70a996 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_relationships.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_relationships.py
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ class TestUpdatingRelationships(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestUpdatingRelationships, self).setup()
+        super(TestUpdatingRelationships, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_resources.py b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_resources.py
index d2258b5b..5843fe15 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_resources.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonapi/test_updating_resources.py
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ class TestUpdatingResources(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestUpdatingResources, self).setup()
+        super(TestUpdatingResources, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_manager.py b/tests/test_manager.py
index d93d390e..dad1a54b 100644
--- a/tests/test_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_manager.py
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 # License version 3 and under the 3-clause BSD license. For more
 # information, see LICENSE.AGPL and LICENSE.BSD.
 """Unit tests for the :mod:`flask_restless.manager` module."""
+from unittest import skip
+
 from flask import Flask
-from nose.tools import raises
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
 from sqlalchemy import Integer
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 from .helpers import force_content_type_jsonapi
 from .helpers import loads
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from .helpers import skip
 from .helpers import SQLAlchemyTestBase
 
 
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class TestLocalAPIManager(SQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestLocalAPIManager, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestLocalAPIManager, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ class Article(self.Base):
         self.Article = Article
         self.Base.metadata.create_all()
 
-    @raises(ValueError)
     def test_missing_session(self):
         """Tests that setting neither a session nor a Flask-SQLAlchemy
         object yields an error.
 
         """
-        APIManager(app=self.flaskapp)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            APIManager(app=self.flaskapp)
 
     def test_constructor_app(self):
         """Tests for providing a :class:`~flask.Flask` application in
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ def test_override_url_prefix(self):
 class TestAPIManager(ManagerTestBase):
     """Unit tests for the :class:`flask_restless.manager.APIManager` class."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestAPIManager, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestAPIManager, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@ class Tag(self.Base):
 
     # HACK If we don't include this, there seems to be an issue with the
     # globally known APIManager objects not being cleared after every test.
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         """Clear the :class:`flask.ext.restless.APIManager` objects known by
         the global functions :data:`model_for`, :data:`url_for`, and
         :data:`collection_name`.
 
         """
-        super(TestAPIManager, self).teardown()
+        super(TestAPIManager, self).tearDown()
         model_for.created_managers.clear()
         url_for.created_managers.clear()
         collection_name.created_managers.clear()
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ def test_url_for_explicitly_sets_primary_key_in_links(self):
         assert author_links['self'] == (
             '/api/article/my_article/relationships/author')
 
-    @raises(ValueError)
     def test_url_for_nonexistent(self):
         """Tests that attempting to get the URL for an unknown model yields an
         error.
 
         """
-        url_for(self.Person)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            url_for(self.Person)
 
     def test_collection_name(self):
         """Tests the global :func:`flask.ext.restless.collection_name`
@@ -354,13 +354,13 @@ def test_collection_name(self):
         self.manager.create_api(self.Person, collection_name='people')
         assert collection_name(self.Person) == 'people'
 
-    @raises(ValueError)
     def test_collection_name_nonexistent(self):
         """Tests that attempting to get the collection name for an unknown
         model yields an error.
 
         """
-        collection_name(self.Person)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            collection_name(self.Person)
 
     def test_serializer_for(self):
         """Tests the global :func:`flask.ext.restless.serializer_for`
@@ -373,26 +373,26 @@ def my_function(*args, **kw):
         self.manager.create_api(self.Person, serializer=my_function)
         assert serializer_for(self.Person) == my_function
 
-    @raises(ValueError)
     def test_serializer_for_nonexistent(self):
         """Tests that attempting to get the serializer for an unknown
         model yields an error.
 
         """
-        serializer_for(self.Person)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            serializer_for(self.Person)
 
     def test_model_for(self):
         """Tests the global :func:`flask.ext.restless.model_for` function."""
         self.manager.create_api(self.Person, collection_name='people')
         assert model_for('people') is self.Person
 
-    @raises(ValueError)
     def test_model_for_nonexistent(self):
         """Tests that attempting to get the model for a nonexistent collection
         yields an error.
 
         """
-        model_for('people')
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            model_for('people')
 
     def test_model_for_collection_name(self):
         """Tests that :func:`flask.ext.restless.model_for` is the inverse of
@@ -411,21 +411,21 @@ def test_disallowed_methods(self):
             response = func('/api/person')
             assert response.status_code == 405
 
-    @raises(IllegalArgumentError)
     def test_missing_id(self):
         """Tests that calling :meth:`APIManager.create_api` on a model without
         an ``id`` column raises an exception.
 
         """
-        self.manager.create_api(self.Tag)
+        with self.assertRaises(IllegalArgumentError):
+            self.manager.create_api(self.Tag)
 
-    @raises(IllegalArgumentError)
     def test_empty_collection_name(self):
         """Tests that calling :meth:`APIManager.create_api` with an empty
         collection name raises an exception.
 
         """
-        self.manager.create_api(self.Person, collection_name='')
+        with self.assertRaises(IllegalArgumentError):
+            self.manager.create_api(self.Person, collection_name='')
 
     def test_disallow_functions(self):
         """Tests that if the ``allow_functions`` keyword argument is ``False``,
@@ -437,30 +437,32 @@ def test_disallow_functions(self):
         assert response.status_code == 404
 
     @skip('This test does not make sense anymore with JSON API')
-    @raises(IllegalArgumentError)
     def test_exclude_primary_key_column(self):
         """Tests that trying to create a writable API while excluding the
         primary key field raises an error.
 
         """
-        self.manager.create_api(self.Person, exclude=['id'], methods=['POST'])
+        with self.assertRaises(IllegalArgumentError):
+            self.manager.create_api(self.Person, exclude=['id'],
+                                    methods=['POST'])
 
-    @raises(IllegalArgumentError)
     def test_only_and_exclude(self):
         """Tests that attempting to use both ``only`` and ``exclude``
         keyword arguments yields an error.
 
         """
-        self.manager.create_api(self.Person, only=['id'], exclude=['name'])
+        with self.assertRaises(IllegalArgumentError):
+            self.manager.create_api(self.Person, only=['id'], exclude=['name'])
 
-    @raises(AttributeError)
     def test_additional_attributes_nonexistent(self):
         """Tests that an attempt to include an additional attribute that
         does not exist on the model raises an exception at the time of
         API creation.
 
         """
-        self.manager.create_api(self.Person, additional_attributes=['bogus'])
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            self.manager.create_api(self.Person,
+                                    additional_attributes=['bogus'])
 
 
 class TestFSA(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase):
@@ -469,12 +471,12 @@ class TestFSA(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the Flask application, the APIManager, the database, and the
         Flask-SQLAlchemy models.
 
         """
-        super(TestFSA, self).setup()
+        super(TestFSA, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.db.Model):
             id = self.db.Column(self.db.Integer, primary_key=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_metadata.py b/tests/test_metadata.py
index 9e880deb..cb58e3d0 100644
--- a/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # License version 3 and under the 3-clause BSD license. For more
 # information, see LICENSE.AGPL and LICENSE.BSD.
 """Unit tests for metadata in server responses."""
+from unittest import skip
+
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import Integer
 
@@ -17,19 +19,18 @@
 
 from .helpers import loads
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from .helpers import skip
 
 
 class TestMetadata(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for receiving metadata in responses."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`.
 
         """
-        super(TestMetadata, self).setup()
+        super(TestMetadata, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
diff --git a/tests/test_serialization.py b/tests/test_serialization.py
index 4eb83c3f..5a204d35 100644
--- a/tests/test_serialization.py
+++ b/tests/test_serialization.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ class DecoratedInterval(TypeDecorator):
 class TestFetchCollection(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for serializing when fetching from a collection endpoint."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchCollection, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchCollection, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ def test_exception_single(self):
 class TestFetchResource(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for serializing when fetching from a resource endpoint."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchResource, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchResource, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ def raise_with_msg(instance, *args, **kw):
 
 class TestFetchRelation(ManagerTestBase):
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchRelation, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchRelation, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ def test_exception_on_included(self):
 class TestFetchRelatedResource(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for serializing when fetching from a related resource endpoint."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestFetchRelatedResource, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestFetchRelatedResource, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_updating.py b/tests/test_updating.py
index 454e500e..613ea3c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_updating.py
+++ b/tests/test_updating.py
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 from __future__ import division
 
 from datetime import datetime
+from unittest import skip
+
 try:
     from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 except ImportError:
     has_flask_sqlalchemy = False
 else:
     has_flask_sqlalchemy = True
-
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 from sqlalchemy import Date
 from sqlalchemy import DateTime
@@ -52,20 +53,19 @@
 from .helpers import MSIE8_UA
 from .helpers import MSIE9_UA
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from .helpers import skip
 
 
 class TestUpdating(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for updating resources."""
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask_restless.manager.APIManager` for that application, and
         creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the :class:`TestSupport.Person`
         and :class:`TestSupport.Article` models.
 
         """
-        super(TestUpdating, self).setup()
+        super(TestUpdating, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@ def test_relationship_missing_object(self):
 class TestProcessors(ManagerTestBase):
     """Tests for pre- and postprocessors."""
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestProcessors, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestProcessors, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -1000,14 +1000,14 @@ class TestAssociationProxy(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the database, the :class:`~flask.Flask` object, the
         :class:`~flask.ext.restless.manager.APIManager` for that application,
         and creates the ReSTful API endpoints for the models used in the test
         methods.
 
         """
-        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setup()
+        super(TestAssociationProxy, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -1204,9 +1204,9 @@ class TestFlaskSQLAlchemy(FlaskSQLAlchemyTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Creates the Flask-SQLAlchemy database and models."""
-        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setup()
+        super(TestFlaskSQLAlchemy, self).setUp()
         # HACK During testing, we don't want the session to expire, so that we
         # can access attributes of model instances *after* a request has been
         # made (that is, after Flask-Restless does its work and commits the
diff --git a/tests/test_updatingrelationship.py b/tests/test_updatingrelationship.py
index ab480aba..0d319488 100644
--- a/tests/test_updatingrelationship.py
+++ b/tests/test_updatingrelationship.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class TestAdding(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestAdding, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestAdding, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ class TestDeleting(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestDeleting, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestDeleting, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ class TestUpdatingToMany(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestUpdatingToMany, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestUpdatingToMany, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
@@ -796,8 +796,8 @@ class TestUpdatingToOne(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
-        super(TestUpdatingToOne, self).setup()
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestUpdatingToOne, self).setUp()
 
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
diff --git a/tests/test_validation.py b/tests/test_validation.py
index 0694d8e2..d699389f 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 client.
 
 """
+from unittest import skipUnless as skip_unless
 import sys
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@
 from .helpers import dumps
 from .helpers import loads
 from .helpers import ManagerTestBase
-from .helpers import skip_unless
 
 
 class CoolValidationError(Exception):
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ class TestSimpleValidation(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Create APIs for the validated models."""
-        super(TestSimpleValidation, self).setup()
+        super(TestSimpleValidation, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'person'
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ class TestSAValidation(ManagerTestBase):
 
     """
 
-    def setup(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         """Create APIs for the validated models."""
-        super(TestSAValidation, self).setup()
+        super(TestSAValidation, self).setUp()
 
         class Person(self.Base, _sav.ValidationMixin):
             __tablename__ = 'person'