diff --git a/tests/test_low_level.py b/tests/test_low_level.py
index d3f1000a..c902e292 100644
--- a/tests/test_low_level.py
+++ b/tests/test_low_level.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def base(db):
     case.tearDown()
 
 
-def test_ttl(base, django_assert_num_queries):
+def test_ttl(base):
     user = User.objects.create(username='Suor')
     qs = User.objects.cache(timeout=100).filter(pk=user.pk)
     list(qs)
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 58127d32..1fd3c55c 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -648,11 +648,8 @@ def test_365(self):
     def test_385(self):
         Client.objects.create(name='Client Name')
 
-        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError) as e:
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(AttributeError, "local object"):
             Client.objects.filter(name='Client Name').cache().first()
-        self.assertEqual(
-            str(e.exception),
-            "Can't pickle local object 'Client.__init__.<locals>.curry.<locals>._curried'")
 
         invalidate_model(Client)
 
@@ -721,8 +718,8 @@ def test_430_no_error_raises(self):
         media_type.delete()
 
     def test_480(self):
-        orm_lookups = ['title__icontains', 'category__title__icontains', ]
-        search_terms = ['1', "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13"]
+        orm_lookups = ['title__icontains', 'category__title__icontains']
+        search_terms = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13']
         queryset = Post.objects.filter(visible=True)
         conditions = []
         for search_term in search_terms: