diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bufio.py b/Lib/test/test_bufio.py
index fb8fe10322a..e4467fe58b4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bufio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bufio.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from test_support import TestFailed, TESTFN
+from test_support import TestFailed, TESTFN, verify
 
 # Simple test to ensure that optimizations in fileobject.c deliver
 # the expected results.  For best testing, run this under a debug-build
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cookie.py b/Lib/test/test_cookie.py
index 8dd0f6f50a0..414de31a0c0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cookie.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cookie.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Simple test suite for Cookie.py
 
+from test_support import verify
 import Cookie
 
 # Currently this only tests SimpleCookie
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index 81912678579..8ff8c337e73 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from test_support import verify
 import sys, os
 import gzip, tempfile
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ verify(d == (data1*50) + (data2*15))
 f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb')
 line_length = 0
 while 1:
-    L = f.readline( line_length )
+    L = f.readline(line_length)
     if L == "" and line_length != 0: break
     verify(len(L) <= line_length)
     line_length = (line_length + 1) % 50
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ while 1:
 f.close()
 
 
-os.unlink( filename )
+os.unlink(filename)