diff --git a/test/functional/__init__.py b/test/functional/__init__.py
index a17054cfeb..4654dc7933 100644
--- a/test/functional/__init__.py
+++ b/test/functional/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from contextlib import closing
 from gzip import GzipFile
 from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 from six.moves.configparser import ConfigParser, NoSectionError
 from six.moves import http_client
@@ -47,10 +48,8 @@ from test import get_config, listen_zero
 from test.debug_logger import debug_logger
 from test.unit import FakeMemcache
 # importing skip_if_no_xattrs so that functional tests can grab it from the
-# test.functional namespace. Importing SkipTest so this works under both
-# nose and testr test runners.
+# test.functional namespace.
 from test.unit import skip_if_no_xattrs as real_skip_if_no_xattrs
-from test.unit import SkipTest
 
 from swift.common import constraints, utils, ring, storage_policy
 from swift.common.ring import Ring
diff --git a/test/functional/s3api/__init__.py b/test/functional/s3api/__init__.py
index 5be7fa1189..27d5602b0c 100644
--- a/test/functional/s3api/__init__.py
+++ b/test/functional/s3api/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import unittest
 import traceback
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import logging
+from unittest import SkipTest
+
 import test.functional as tf
 from test.functional.s3api.s3_test_client import (
     Connection, get_boto3_conn, tear_down_s3)
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ class S3ApiBase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         if 's3api' not in tf.cluster_info:
-            raise tf.SkipTest('s3api middleware is not enabled')
+            raise SkipTest('s3api middleware is not enabled')
         if tf.config.get('account'):
             user_id = '%s:%s' % (tf.config['account'], tf.config['username'])
         else:
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class S3ApiBase(unittest.TestCase):
 class S3ApiBaseBoto3(S3ApiBase):
     def setUp(self):
         if 's3api' not in tf.cluster_info:
-            raise tf.SkipTest('s3api middleware is not enabled')
+            raise SkipTest('s3api middleware is not enabled')
         try:
             self.conn = get_boto3_conn(
                 tf.config['s3_access_key'], tf.config['s3_secret_key'])
diff --git a/test/functional/s3api/test_acl.py b/test/functional/s3api/test_acl.py
index 7a3d4f98df..46c6298c3e 100644
--- a/test/functional/s3api/test_acl.py
+++ b/test/functional/s3api/test_acl.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import unittest
 import os
 import test.functional as tf
 from swift.common.middleware.s3api.etree import fromstring
+from unittest import SkipTest
 from test.functional.s3api import S3ApiBase
 from test.functional.s3api.s3_test_client import Connection
 from test.functional.s3api.utils import get_error_code
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class TestS3Acl(S3ApiBase):
         self.obj = 'object'
         if 's3_access_key3' not in tf.config or \
                 's3_secret_key3' not in tf.config:
-            raise tf.SkipTest(
+            raise SkipTest(
                 'TestS3Acl requires s3_access_key3 and s3_secret_key3 '
                 'configured for reduced-access user')
         status, headers, body = self.conn.make_request('PUT', self.bucket)
diff --git a/test/functional/s3api/test_bucket.py b/test/functional/s3api/test_bucket.py
index cbc558986f..ed0c411112 100644
--- a/test/functional/s3api/test_bucket.py
+++ b/test/functional/s3api/test_bucket.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import botocore
 import datetime
 import unittest
 import os
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import test.functional as tf
 from swift.common.utils import config_true_value
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class TestS3ApiBucket(S3ApiBaseBoto3):
 
     def test_bucket_listing_with_staticweb(self):
         if 'staticweb' not in tf.cluster_info:
-            raise tf.SkipTest('Staticweb not enabled')
+            raise SkipTest('Staticweb not enabled')
         bucket = 'bucket'
 
         resp = self.conn.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ class TestS3ApiBucket(S3ApiBaseBoto3):
         if config_true_value(tf.cluster_info['s3api'].get('s3_acl')):
             if 's3_access_key2' not in tf.config or \
                     's3_secret_key2' not in tf.config:
-                raise tf.SkipTest(
+                raise SkipTest(
                     'Cannot test for BucketAlreadyExists with second user; '
                     'need s3_access_key2 and s3_secret_key2 configured')
 
@@ -196,8 +197,8 @@ class TestS3ApiBucket(S3ApiBaseBoto3):
     def test_put_bucket_error_key3(self):
         if 's3_access_key3' not in tf.config or \
                 's3_secret_key3' not in tf.config:
-            raise tf.SkipTest('Cannot test for AccessDenied; need '
-                              's3_access_key3 and s3_secret_key3 configured')
+            raise SkipTest('Cannot test for AccessDenied; need '
+                           's3_access_key3 and s3_secret_key3 configured')
 
         self.conn.create_bucket(Bucket='bucket')
         # If the user can't create buckets, they shouldn't even know
diff --git a/test/functional/s3api/test_multi_upload.py b/test/functional/s3api/test_multi_upload.py
index 1ff0b5e8b8..bdb17689be 100644
--- a/test/functional/s3api/test_multi_upload.py
+++ b/test/functional/s3api/test_multi_upload.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class TestS3ApiMultiUpload(S3ApiBase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestS3ApiMultiUpload, self).setUp()
         if not tf.cluster_info['s3api'].get('allow_multipart_uploads', False):
-            raise tf.SkipTest('multipart upload is not enebled')
+            self.skipTest('multipart upload is not enebled')
 
         self.min_segment_size = int(tf.cluster_info['s3api'].get(
             'min_segment_size', 5242880))
diff --git a/test/functional/s3api/test_versioning.py b/test/functional/s3api/test_versioning.py
index bd80a95809..8d783ab61c 100644
--- a/test/functional/s3api/test_versioning.py
+++ b/test/functional/s3api/test_versioning.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class TestS3ApiVersioning(S3ApiBase):
         super(TestS3ApiVersioning, self).setUp()
         if 'object_versioning' not in tf.cluster_info:
             # Alternatively, maybe we should assert we get 501s...
-            raise tf.SkipTest('S3 versioning requires that Swift object '
-                              'versioning be enabled')
+            self.skipTest('S3 versioning requires that Swift object '
+                          'versioning be enabled')
         status, headers, body = self.conn.make_request('PUT', 'bucket')
         self.assertEqual(status, 200)
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_dlo.py b/test/functional/test_dlo.py
index d12a3654fc..1ce3512cd7 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_dlo.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_dlo.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class TestDlo(Base):
 
     def test_dlo_referer_on_segment_container(self):
         if 'username3' not in tf.config:
-            raise tf.SkipTest('Requires user 3')
+            self.skipTest('Requires user 3')
         # First the account2 (test3) should fail
         config2 = tf.config.copy()
         config2['username'] = tf.config['username3']
diff --git a/test/functional/test_object.py b/test/functional/test_object.py
index 768de19c05..324b506286 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_object.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_object.py
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ import json
 import unittest
 from uuid import uuid4
 import time
+from unittest import SkipTest
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
 import six
 from six.moves import range
 
 from test.functional import check_response, retry, requires_acls, \
-    requires_policies, SkipTest, requires_bulk
+    requires_policies, requires_bulk
 import test.functional as tf
 from swift.common.utils import md5
 
@@ -941,7 +942,7 @@ class TestObject(unittest.TestCase):
     @requires_acls
     def test_read_only(self):
         if tf.skip3:
-            raise tf.SkipTest
+            raise SkipTest
 
         def get_listing(url, token, parsed, conn):
             conn.request('GET', '%s/%s' % (parsed.path, self.container), '',
diff --git a/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py b/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py
index 32eb092c82..4eb91f5f20 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import six
 
 from copy import deepcopy
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote, unquote
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import test.functional as tf
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ from swift.common.middleware.versioned_writes.object_versioning import \
     DELETE_MARKER_CONTENT_TYPE
 
 from test.functional.tests import Base, Base2, BaseEnv, Utils
-from test.functional import cluster_info, SkipTest
+from test.functional import cluster_info
 from test.functional.swift_test_client import Connection, \
     ResponseError
 from test.functional.test_tempurl import TestContainerTempurlEnv, \
diff --git a/test/functional/test_slo.py b/test/functional/test_slo.py
index 178e12680c..7ef6e484c5 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_slo.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_slo.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import email.parser
 import itertools
 import json
 from copy import deepcopy
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import six
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ from swift.common.swob import normalize_etag
 from swift.common.utils import md5
 
 import test.functional as tf
-from test.functional import cluster_info, SkipTest
+from test.functional import cluster_info
 from test.functional.tests import Utils, Base, Base2, BaseEnv
 from test.functional.swift_test_client import Connection, ResponseError
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_tempurl.py b/test/functional/test_tempurl.py
index 6f442e4798..a7b4e84539 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_tempurl.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_tempurl.py
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 from time import time, strftime, gmtime
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import test.functional as tf
 from swift.common.middleware import tempurl
 from test.functional import cluster_info
 from test.functional.tests import Utils, Base, Base2, BaseEnv
-from test.functional import requires_acls, SkipTest
+from test.functional import requires_acls
 from test.functional.swift_test_client import Account, Connection, \
     ResponseError
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_versioned_writes.py b/test/functional/test_versioned_writes.py
index 1dd381af90..30cb74c88a 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_versioned_writes.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_versioned_writes.py
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import time
 import unittest
 import six
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote, unquote
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import test.functional as tf
 
 from swift.common.utils import MD5_OF_EMPTY_STRING
 from test.functional.tests import Base, Base2, BaseEnv, Utils
-from test.functional import cluster_info, SkipTest
+from test.functional import cluster_info
 from test.functional.swift_test_client import Account, Connection, \
     ResponseError
 
diff --git a/test/unit/__init__.py b/test/unit/__init__.py
index 51b3ff952c..6f731b70a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/__init__.py
+++ b/test/unit/__init__.py
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ import functools
 from gzip import GzipFile
 import mock as mocklib
 import inspect
-import unittest
-
-
-class SkipTest(unittest.SkipTest):
-    pass
+from unittest import SkipTest
 
 
 EMPTY_ETAG = md5(usedforsecurity=False).hexdigest()