diff --git a/tests/test_spidermiddleware.py b/tests/test_spidermiddleware.py
index ed0912b82..edde6f682 100644
--- a/tests/test_spidermiddleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_spidermiddleware.py
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ class ProcessSpiderOutputInvalidResult(BaseAsyncSpiderMiddlewareTestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(
             _InvalidOutput,
             (
-                "\.process_spider_output must return an iterable, got <class "
-                "'NoneType'>"
+                r"\.process_spider_output must return an iterable, got <class "
+                r"'NoneType'>"
             ),
         ):
             yield self._get_middleware_result(
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class ProcessSpiderOutputInvalidResult(BaseAsyncSpiderMiddlewareTestCase):
     def test_coroutine(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(
             _InvalidOutput,
-            "\.process_spider_output must be an asynchronous generator",
+            r"\.process_spider_output must be an asynchronous generator",
         ):
             yield self._get_middleware_result(
                 ProcessSpiderOutputCoroutineMiddleware,
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_python.py b/tests/test_utils_python.py
index 00b06b839..b1a8fdc04 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_python.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_python.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import functools
 import gc
 import operator
 import platform
-import unittest
-from datetime import datetime
 from itertools import count
 from warnings import catch_warnings, filterwarnings