diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eb2aba..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-sudo: false
-python:
-  - 2.7
-script:
-  python -m unittest tests.tests
diff --git a/filters/tests/__init__.py b/filters/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c55ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filters/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
+settings.configure()
diff --git a/tests/test_mixins.py b/filters/tests/test_mixins.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/test_mixins.py
rename to filters/tests/test_mixins.py
diff --git a/filters/tests/test_validations.py b/filters/tests/test_validations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fd52e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filters/tests/test_validations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import unittest
+from nose2.tools.such import helper
+from voluptuous import Invalid
+from filters import validations
+
+INT = 1
+LONG = long(INT)
+INT_FLOAT = float(INT)
+INT_STR = str(INT)
+INT_UNICODE = unicode(INT)
+ALNUM_STR = "hello123"
+ALNUM_UNICODE = unicode(ALNUM_STR)
+NON_INT_FLOAT = 1.5
+NON_INT_STR = str(NON_INT_FLOAT)
+NON_INT_UNICODE = unicode(NON_INT_FLOAT)
+NON_ALNUM_STR = "hello 123"
+NON_ALNUM_UNICODE = unicode(NON_ALNUM_STR)
+INT_CSV = "1,2,3"
+NON_INT_CSV = "a,b,c"
+
+
+class BaseValidationTestCase(object):
+    def f(self, v):
+        return self.base_function()(v)
+
+    def transform_val(self, v):
+        return v
+
+    def test_valid_values(self):
+        for v in self.valid_values:
+            self.assertEqual(self.f(v), self.transform_val(v))
+
+    def test_invalid_values(self):
+        for v in self.invalid_values:
+            self.assertRaises(Invalid, self.f, v)
+
+
+class IntegerLikeTestCase(BaseValidationTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
+    base_function = validations.IntegerLike
+    valid_values = [
+        INT, LONG, INT_FLOAT, INT_STR, INT_UNICODE
+    ]
+    invalid_values = [
+        NON_INT_FLOAT, NON_INT_STR, ALNUM_STR, ALNUM_UNICODE,
+        NON_INT_UNICODE, NON_ALNUM_STR, NON_ALNUM_UNICODE
+    ]
+
+
+class AlphanumericTestCase(BaseValidationTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
+    base_function = validations.Alphanumeric
+    valid_values = [
+        INT, LONG, INT_FLOAT, INT_STR, INT_UNICODE, ALNUM_STR, ALNUM_UNICODE
+    ]
+    invalid_values = [
+        NON_INT_FLOAT, NON_INT_STR, NON_INT_UNICODE, NON_ALNUM_STR,
+        NON_ALNUM_UNICODE
+    ]
+
+
+class StrictlyAlphanumericTestCase(BaseValidationTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
+    base_function = validations.StrictlyAlphanumeric
+    valid_values = [ALNUM_STR, ALNUM_UNICODE]
+    invalid_values = [
+        INT, LONG, INT_FLOAT, NON_INT_FLOAT, NON_INT_STR, NON_INT_UNICODE,
+        NON_ALNUM_STR, NON_ALNUM_UNICODE, INT_STR, INT_UNICODE
+    ]
+
+
+class CSVofIntegersTestCase(BaseValidationTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
+    base_function = validations.CSVofIntegers
+    transform_val = lambda self, v: map(int, v.split(","))
+    valid_values = [INT_CSV, INT_STR, INT_UNICODE]
+    invalid_values = [
+        INT_FLOAT, ALNUM_STR, ALNUM_UNICODE, NON_INT_FLOAT, NON_INT_STR,
+        NON_INT_UNICODE, NON_ALNUM_STR, NON_ALNUM_UNICODE, NON_INT_CSV,
+        INT, LONG
+    ]
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/filters/tests/tests.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/tests.py
rename to filters/tests/tests.py
diff --git a/filters/validations.py b/filters/validations.py
index 2181b25..8ac9f55 100644
--- a/filters/validations.py
+++ b/filters/validations.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 # This module is define and keep all generic type of data-validations.
-import six
-import re
+import sys
+import numbers
 from voluptuous import Invalid
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime, parse_date
 
+# Forward compatibility with Python 3.x
+if sys.version_info.major == 3:
+    basestring = str
+
 
 def IntegerLike(msg=None):
     '''
@@ -14,13 +18,11 @@ def IntegerLike(msg=None):
         - str or unicode composed only of digits
     '''
     def fn(value):
-        if not (
-            isinstance(value, int) or
-            (isinstance(value, float) and value.is_integer()) or
-            (isinstance(value, str) and value.isdigit()) or
-            ((isinstance(value, unicode) and value.isdigit() or
-            isinstance(value, long)) if six.PY2 else None)
-        ):
+        if not any([
+            isinstance(value, numbers.Integral),
+            (isinstance(value, float) and value.is_integer()),
+            (isinstance(value, basestring) and value.isdigit())
+        ]):
             raise Invalid(msg or (
                 'Invalid input <{0}>; expected an integer'.format(value))
             )
@@ -38,13 +40,11 @@ def Alphanumeric(msg=None):
         - str or unicode composed only of alphanumeric characters
     '''
     def fn(value):
-        if not (
-            isinstance(value, int) or
-            (isinstance(value, float) and value.is_integer()) or
-            (isinstance(value, str) and value.isalnum()) or
-            ((isinstance(value, unicode) and value.isdigit() or
-            isinstance(value, long)) if six.PY2 else None)
-        ):
+        if not any([
+            isinstance(value, numbers.Integral),
+            (isinstance(value, float) and value.is_integer()),
+            (isinstance(value, basestring) and value.isalnum())
+        ]):
             raise Invalid(msg or (
                 'Invalid input <{0}>; expected an integer'.format(value))
             )
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ def fn(value):
     return fn
 
 
-re_alphabets = re.compile('[A-Za-z]')
-re_digits = re.compile('[0-9]')
-
-
 def StrictlyAlphanumeric(msg=None):
     '''
     Checks whether a value is:
@@ -65,9 +61,10 @@ def StrictlyAlphanumeric(msg=None):
     '''
     def fn(value):
         if not (
-            (isinstance(value, str) or (isinstance(value, unicode) if six.PY2 else None)) and
-            re_alphabets.search(value) and
-            re_digits.search(value)
+            isinstance(value, basestring) and
+            value.isalnum() and not
+            value.isdigit() and not
+            value.isalpha()
         ):
             raise Invalid(msg or (
                 'Invalid input <{0}>; expected an integer'.format(value))
@@ -97,12 +94,12 @@ def fn(value):
 def CSVofIntegers(msg=None):
     '''
     Checks whether a value is list of integers.
-    Returns list of integers or just one integer in 
+    Returns list of integers or just one integer in
     list if there is only one element in given CSV string.
     '''
     def fn(value):
         try:
-            if isinstance(value, six.text_type):
+            if isinstance(value, basestring):
                 if ',' in value:
                     value = list(map(
                         int, filter(
@@ -114,6 +111,8 @@ def fn(value):
                     return value
                 else:
                     return [int(value)]
+            else:
+                raise ValueError
         except ValueError:
             raise Invalid(
                 '<{0}> is not a valid csv of integers'.format(value)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e84bf47..2f9fcb8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
     packages=['filters'],
     include_package_data=True,
     description=(
-                    'A django app to apply filters on drf querysets '
-                    'using query params with validations using voluptuous.'
-                ),
+        'A django app to apply filters on drf querysets '
+        'using query params with validations using voluptuous.'
+    ),
     long_description=README,
     url=__url__,
     download_url=__download_url__,
@@ -51,5 +51,7 @@
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
     ],
-    keywords='drf-url-filters, filters, queryparamters',
+    keywords='drf-url-filters, filters, queryparameters',
+    test_suite='nose2.collector.collector',
+    tests_require=['nose2'],
 )
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000