diff --git a/nibabel/streamlines/tests/test_streamlines.py b/nibabel/streamlines/tests/test_streamlines.py
index f0bd9c7c4..53a43c393 100644
--- a/nibabel/streamlines/tests/test_streamlines.py
+++ b/nibabel/streamlines/tests/test_streamlines.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 DATA = {}
 
 
-def setup():
+def setup_module():
     global DATA
     DATA['empty_filenames'] = [pjoin(data_path, 'empty' + ext) for ext in FORMATS.keys()]
     DATA['simple_filenames'] = [pjoin(data_path, 'simple' + ext) for ext in FORMATS.keys()]
diff --git a/nibabel/tests/test_deprecated.py b/nibabel/tests/test_deprecated.py
index f1c3d517c..01636632e 100644
--- a/nibabel/tests/test_deprecated.py
+++ b/nibabel/tests/test_deprecated.py
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 from nibabel.tests.test_deprecator import TestDeprecatorFunc as _TestDF
 
 
-def setup():
+def setup_module():
     # Hack nibabel version string
     pkg_info.cmp_pkg_version.__defaults__ = ('2.0',)
 
 
-def teardown():
+def teardown_module():
     # Hack nibabel version string back again
     pkg_info.cmp_pkg_version.__defaults__ = (pkg_info.__version__,)
 
diff --git a/nibabel/tests/test_dft.py b/nibabel/tests/test_dft.py
index 654af9827..6c6695b16 100644
--- a/nibabel/tests/test_dft.py
+++ b/nibabel/tests/test_dft.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 data_dir = pjoin(dirname(__file__), 'data')
 
 
-def setUpModule():
+def setup_module():
     if os.name == 'nt':
         raise unittest.SkipTest('FUSE not available for windows, skipping dft tests')
     if not have_dicom: