MAINT: Remove Python2 workarounds

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
index 16f4f0b80..b0cfc24a8 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
@@ -6273,10 +6273,7 @@ def test_matmul_inplace():
     assert_raises(TypeError, a.__imatmul__, b)
     import operator
     assert_raises(TypeError, operator.imatmul, a, b)
-    # we avoid writing the token `exec` so as not to crash python 2's
-    # parser
-    exec_ = getattr(builtins, "exec")
-    assert_raises(TypeError, exec_, "a @= b", globals(), locals())
+    assert_raises(TypeError, exec, "a @= b", globals(), locals())
 
 def test_matmul_axes():
     a = np.arange(3*4*5).reshape(3, 4, 5)
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarprint.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarprint.py
index d042eef8b..126191856 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarprint.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarprint.py
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ class TestRealScalars:
 
     def test_scalar_cutoffs(self):
         # test that both the str and repr of np.float64 behaves
-        # like python floats in python3. Note that in python2
-        # the str has truncated digits, but we do not do this
+        # like python floats in python3.
         def check(v):
-            # we compare str to repr, to avoid python2 truncation behavior
+            assert_equal(str(np.float64(v)), str(v))
             assert_equal(str(np.float64(v)), repr(v))
             assert_equal(repr(np.float64(v)), repr(v))
+            assert_equal(repr(np.float64(v)), str(v))
 
         # check we use the same number of significant digits
         check(1.12345678901234567890)