1 files changed, 11 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/warnings.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/warnings.py
index 47f1e1404..640f02a78 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/warnings.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/warnings.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import warnings
 from .. import exc as sa_exc
-import re
+from . import assertions
 
 
 def setup_filters():
@@ -22,19 +22,13 @@ def setup_filters():
 
 
 def assert_warnings(fn, warning_msgs, regex=False):
-    """Assert that each of the given warnings are emitted by fn."""
-
-    from .assertions import eq_
-
-    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as log:
-        # ensure that nothing is going into __warningregistry__
-        warnings.filterwarnings("always")
-
-        result = fn()
-    for warning in log:
-        popwarn = warning_msgs.pop(0)
-        if regex:
-            assert re.match(popwarn, str(warning.message))
-        else:
-            eq_(popwarn, str(warning.message))
-    return result
+    """Assert that each of the given warnings are emitted by fn.
+
+    Deprecated.  Please use assertions.expect_warnings().
+
+    """
+
+    with assertions._expect_warnings(
+            sa_exc.SAWarning, warning_msgs, regex=regex):
+        return fn()
+