@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from nose.tools import (
-    raises,             # @UnusedImport
     assert_true,        # @UnusedImport
     assert_false        # @UnusedImport
 )
 
-__all__ = ['patch', 'raises', 'assert_true', 'assert_false']
+__all__ = ['patch', 'assert_true', 'assert_false']
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 from git.test.lib import (
     TestBase,
     patch,
-    raises,
     assert_true,
     fixture_path
 )
@@ -62,9 +61,8 @@ def test_call_unpack_args(self):
         mangled_value = 'Unicode\u20ac\u2122'
         self.assertEqual(args, ['git', 'log', '--', mangled_value])
 
-    @raises(GitCommandError)
     def test_it_raises_errors(self):
-        self.git.this_does_not_exist()
+        self.assertRaises(GitCommandError, self.git.this_does_not_exist)
 
     def test_it_transforms_kwargs_into_git_command_arguments(self):
         self.assertEqual(["-s"], self.git.transform_kwargs(**{'s': True}))
@@ -99,10 +97,9 @@ def test_it_ignores_false_kwargs(self, git):
         self.git.version(pass_this_kwarg=False)
         assert_true("pass_this_kwarg" not in git.call_args[1])
 
-    @raises(GitCommandError)
     def test_it_raises_proper_exception_with_output_stream(self):
         tmp_file = TemporaryFile()
-        self.git.checkout('non-existent-branch', output_stream=tmp_file)
+        self.assertRaises(GitCommandError, self.git.checkout, 'non-existent-branch', output_stream=tmp_file)
 
     def test_it_accepts_environment_variables(self):
         filename = fixture_path("ls_tree_empty")
 
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
     with_rw_repo,
     fixture,
     assert_false,
-    assert_true,
-    raises
+    assert_true
 )
 from git.util import HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS, cygpath
 from git.test.lib import with_rw_directory
@@ -82,13 +81,11 @@ def tearDown(self):
         import gc
         gc.collect()
 
-    @raises(InvalidGitRepositoryError)
     def test_new_should_raise_on_invalid_repo_location(self):
-        Repo(tempfile.gettempdir())
+        self.assertRaises(InvalidGitRepositoryError, Repo, tempfile.gettempdir())
 
-    @raises(NoSuchPathError)
     def test_new_should_raise_on_non_existent_path(self):
-        Repo("repos/foobar")
+        self.assertRaises(NoSuchPathError, Repo, "repos/foobar")
 
     @with_rw_repo('0.3.2.1')
     def test_repo_creation_from_different_paths(self, rw_repo):
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@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
7	7	from unittest.mock import patch
8	8
9	9	from nose.tools import (
10		- raises, # @UnusedImport
11	10	assert_true, # @UnusedImport
12	11	assert_false # @UnusedImport
13	12	)
14	13
15		- __all__ = ['patch', 'raises', 'assert_true', 'assert_false']
	14	+ __all__ = ['patch', 'assert_true', 'assert_false']