diff --git a/tests/test_readers.py b/tests/test_readers.py
index 120b3125..2d023462 100644
--- a/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 try:
-    import unittest2
+    import unittest2 as unittest
 except ImportError, e:
-    import unittest as unittest2
+    import unittest
 
 import datetime
 import os
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ from pelican import readers
 CUR_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 CONTENT_PATH = os.path.join(CUR_DIR, 'content')
 
+
 def _filename(*args):
     return os.path.join(CONTENT_PATH, *args)
 
 
-class RstReaderTest(unittest2.TestCase):
+class RstReaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_article_with_metadata(self):
         reader = readers.RstReader({})
@@ -29,4 +30,6 @@ class RstReaderTest(unittest2.TestCase):
             'date': datetime.datetime(2010, 12, 2, 10, 14),
             'tags': ['foo', 'bar', 'foobar'],
         }
-        self.assertDictEqual(metadata, expected)
+
+        for key, value in expected.items():
+            self.assertEquals(value, metadata[key], key)