diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py b/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py
index 82dfe28..ced9ee5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/boto_vpc_test.py
@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@ class BotoVpcTestCase(BotoVpcTestCaseBase):
         describe_vpc = boto_vpc.describe(vpc_id=vpc.id, **conn_parameters)
 
         vpc_properties = dict(cidr_block=unicode(cidr_block),
-                              is_default=None,
+                              is_default=False,
                               state=u'available',
-                              tags={'Name': 'test', 'test': 'testvalue'},
+                              tags={u'Name': u'test', u'test': u'testvalue'},
                               dhcp_options_id=u'dopt-7a8b9c2d',
                               instance_tenancy=u'default')
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/states/pip_test.py b/tests/unit/states/pip_test.py
index 6e7d083..9a83951 100644
--- a/tests/unit/states/pip_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/states/pip_test.py
@@ -37,17 +37,6 @@ class PipStateTest(TestCase, integration.SaltReturnAssertsMixIn):
     def test_install_requirements_parsing(self):
         mock = MagicMock(return_value={'retcode': 0, 'stdout': ''})
         pip_list = MagicMock(return_value={'pep8': '1.3.3'})
-        with patch.dict(pip_state.__salt__, {'cmd.run_all': mock,
-                                             'pip.list': pip_list}):
-            with patch.dict(pip_state.__opts__, {'test': True}):
-                ret = pip_state.installed('pep8=1.3.2')
-                self.assertSaltFalseReturn({'test': ret})
-                self.assertInSaltComment(
-                    'Invalid version specification in package pep8=1.3.2. '
-                    '\'=\' is not supported, use \'==\' instead.',
-                    {'test': ret}
-                )
-
         mock = MagicMock(return_value={'retcode': 0, 'stdout': ''})
         pip_list = MagicMock(return_value={'pep8': '1.3.3'})
         pip_install = MagicMock(return_value={'retcode': 0})