1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tests/test_backward.py b/tests/test_backward.py
index 8acb8707..01cc8dac 100644
--- a/tests/test_backward.py
+++ b/tests/test_backward.py
@@ -5,18 +5,14 @@
 
 from coverage.backunittest import TestCase
 from coverage.backward import iitems, binary_bytes, bytes_to_ints
-
-
-class BackwardTest(TestCase):
-    """Tests of things from backward.py."""
-
-    def test_iitems(self):
-        d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
-        items = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3)]
-        self.assertCountEqual(list(iitems(d)), items)
+"""Tests of things from backward.py."""
+deftest_iitems(self):
+    d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
+    items = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3)]
+    self.assertCountEqual(list(iitems(d)), items)
 
     def test_binary_bytes(self):
-        byte_values = [0, 255, 17, 23, 42, 57]
-        bb = binary_bytes(byte_values)
-        self.assertEqual(len(bb), len(byte_values))
-        self.assertEqual(byte_values, list(bytes_to_ints(bb)))
+    byte_values = [0, 255, 17, 23, 42, 57]
+    bb = binary_bytes(byte_values)
+    assert len(bb) == len(byte_values)
+    assert byte_values == list(bytes_to_ints(bb))