diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_application.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_application.py
index a1d0474..5af7f06 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_application.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_application.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 
 from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication
-from IPython.testing import decorators as testdec
+from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 
-@testdec.onlyif_unicode_paths
+@dec.onlyif_unicode_paths
 def test_unicode_cwd():
     """Check that IPython starts with non-ascii characters in the path."""
     wd = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix=u"€")
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_unicode_cwd():
     finally:
         os.chdir(old_wd)
 
-@testdec.onlyif_unicode_paths
+@dec.onlyif_unicode_paths
 def test_unicode_ipdir():
     """Check that IPython starts with non-ascii characters in the IP dir."""
     ipdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix=u"€")
diff --git a/IPython/deathrow/oldfrontend/tests/test_process.py b/IPython/deathrow/oldfrontend/tests/test_process.py
index df96626..9e43487 100644
--- a/IPython/deathrow/oldfrontend/tests/test_process.py
+++ b/IPython/deathrow/oldfrontend/tests/test_process.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from time import sleep
 import sys
 
 from IPython.frontend.process import PipedProcess
-from IPython.testing import decorators as testdec
+from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
 
 
 def test_capture_out():
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_io():
     assert result == test_string
 
 
-@testdec.skip_win32
+@dec.skip_win32
 def test_kill():
     """ Check that we can kill a process, and its subprocess.
     """