Index: cufflinks-0.17.3/tests.py
===================================================================
--- cufflinks-0.17.3.orig/tests.py
+++ cufflinks-0.17.3/tests.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import cufflinks as cf
 import pandas as pd
 import numpy as np
 import unittest
-from nose.tools import assert_equals
 
 ##
 ## nosetests -xv tests.py --with-coverage --cover-package=cufflinks
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ def bar_row_input_argument_tests():
 	}
 
 	def bar_row_test(self, **kwargs):
-		self._iplot(self.df.ix[1], **kwargs)
+		self._iplot(self.df.loc[1], **kwargs)
 
 	_generate_tests(TestIPlot, bar_row_test, 'bar_row', options)
 
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ def color_normalize_tests():
 	c=dict([(k.lower(),v.upper()) for k,v in list(cf.cnames.items())])
 	d={}
 	for k,v in list(c.items()):
-		assert_equals(v,cf.normalize(k).upper())
+		assert v == cf.normalize(k).upper()
 	return 2
 
 # technical analysis