diff --git a/src/tests/test_config.py b/src/tests/test_config.py
index a0a727e5..35ddd3fa 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_config.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
             False
         )
         # no arg for default
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-function-args
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(
                 'nonexistent', 'nonexistent', True)
@@ -47,9 +48,9 @@ class TestProcessConfig(TestProcessProto):
         config = BMConfigParser()
         config.read(os.path.join(self.home, 'keys.dat'))
 
-        self.assertEquals(config.safeGetInt(
+        self.assertEqual(config.safeGetInt(
             'bitmessagesettings', 'settingsversion'), 10)
-        self.assertEquals(config.safeGetInt(
+        self.assertEqual(config.safeGetInt(
             'bitmessagesettings', 'port'), 8444)
         # don't connect
         self.assertTrue(config.safeGetBoolean(
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class TestProcessConfig(TestProcessProto):
             'bitmessagesettings', 'apienabled'))
 
         # extralowdifficulty is false
-        self.assertEquals(config.safeGetInt(
+        self.assertEqual(config.safeGetInt(
             'bitmessagesettings', 'defaultnoncetrialsperbyte'), 1000)
-        self.assertEquals(config.safeGetInt(
+        self.assertEqual(config.safeGetInt(
             'bitmessagesettings', 'defaultpayloadlengthextrabytes'), 1000)