diff --git a/nose/config.py b/nose/config.py
index ad01e61..d9aec2d 100644
--- a/nose/config.py
+++ b/nose/config.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ConfiguredDefaultsOptionParser(object):
         except AttributeError:
             filename = '<???>'
         try:
-            cfg.readfp(fh)
+            cfg.read_file(fh)
         except ConfigParser.Error, exc:
             raise ConfigError("Error reading config file %r: %s" %
                               (filename, str(exc)))
diff --git a/nose/result.py b/nose/result.py
index f974a14..228a42c 100644
--- a/nose/result.py
+++ b/nose/result.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ try:
     # 2.7+
     from unittest.runner import _TextTestResult
 except ImportError:
-    from unittest import _TextTestResult
+    from unittest import TextTestResult as _TextTestResult
 from nose.config import Config
 from nose.util import isclass, ln as _ln # backwards compat
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_xunit.py b/unit_tests/test_xunit.py
index 2a9f69b..560b9c2 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_xunit.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_xunit.py
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ class TestXMLOutputWithXML(unittest.TestCase):
             err_lines = err.text.strip().split("\n")
             eq_(err_lines[0], 'Traceback (most recent call last):')
             eq_(err_lines[-1], 'AssertionError: one is not \'equal\' to two')
-            eq_(err_lines[-2], '    raise AssertionError("one is not \'equal\' to two")')
+            r_line = -3 if '^' * 10 in err_lines[-2] else -2
+            eq_(err_lines[r_line], '    raise AssertionError("one is not \'equal\' to two")')
         else:
             # this is a dumb test for 2.4-
             assert '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' in result
@@ -201,7 +202,8 @@ class TestXMLOutputWithXML(unittest.TestCase):
             err_lines = err.text.strip().split("\n")
             eq_(err_lines[0], 'Traceback (most recent call last):')
             eq_(err_lines[-1], 'RuntimeError: some error happened')
-            eq_(err_lines[-2], '    raise RuntimeError("some error happened")')
+            r_line = -3 if '^' * 10 in err_lines[-2] else -2
+            eq_(err_lines[r_line], '    raise RuntimeError("some error happened")')
         else:
             # this is a dumb test for 2.4-
             assert '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' in result
diff --git a/nose/plugins/manager.py b/nose/plugins/manager.py
index 4d2ed22..daa9edb 100644
--- a/nose/plugins/manager.py
+++ b/nose/plugins/manager.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class PluginProxy(object):
         meth = getattr(plugin, call, None)
         if meth is not None:
             if call == 'loadTestsFromModule' and \
-                    len(inspect.getargspec(meth)[0]) == 2:
+                    len(inspect.getfullargspec(meth)[0]) == 2:
                 orig_meth = meth
                 meth = lambda module, path, **kwargs: orig_meth(module)
             self.plugins.append((plugin, meth))
diff --git a/nose/util.py b/nose/util.py
index 80ab1d4..21770ae 100644
--- a/nose/util.py
+++ b/nose/util.py
@@ -449,15 +449,15 @@ def try_run(obj, names):
             if type(obj) == types.ModuleType:
                 # py.test compatibility
                 if isinstance(func, types.FunctionType):
-                    args, varargs, varkw, defaults = \
-                        inspect.getargspec(func)
+                    args, varargs, varkw, defaults, *_ = \
+                        inspect.getfullargspec(func)
                 else:
                     # Not a function. If it's callable, call it anyway
                     if hasattr(func, '__call__') and not inspect.ismethod(func):
                         func = func.__call__
                     try:
-                        args, varargs, varkw, defaults = \
-                            inspect.getargspec(func)
+                        args, varargs, varkw, defaults, *_ = \
+                            inspect.getfullargspec(func)
                         args.pop(0) # pop the self off
                     except TypeError:
                         raise TypeError("Attribute %s of %r is not a python "