diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index cd3b7058..1d4d3e05 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ end
 
 using Plots
 using StatPlots
-using FactCheck
+using Base.Test
 using Glob
 
 default(size=(500,300))
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function image_comparison_facts(pkg::Symbol;
   for i in 1:length(Plots._examples)
     i in skip && continue
     if only == nothing || i in only
-      @fact @eval(image_comparison_tests(Symbol(String(Symbol($pkg))[7:end]), $i, debug=$debug, sigma=$sigma, eps=$eps)) |> success --> true
+      @test image_comparison_tests(pkg, i, debug=debug, sigma=sigma, eps=eps) |> success == true
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 75f4302c..ba8666ec 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -7,35 +7,35 @@ srand(1234)
 default(show=false, reuse=true)
 img_eps = isinteractive() ? 1e-2 : 10e-2
 
-facts("GR") do
-    @fact gr() --> Plots.GRBackend()
-    @fact backend() --> Plots.GRBackend()
+@testset "GR" begin
+    @fact gr() == Plots.GRBackend()
+    @fact backend() == Plots.GRBackend()
 
     image_comparison_facts(:gr, eps=img_eps)
 end
 
 
-facts("PyPlot") do
-    @fact pyplot() --> Plots.PyPlotBackend()
-    @fact backend() --> Plots.PyPlotBackend()
+@testset "PyPlot" begin
+    @fact pyplot() == Plots.PyPlotBackend()
+    @fact backend() == Plots.PyPlotBackend()
 
     image_comparison_facts(:pyplot, eps=img_eps)
 end
 
-facts("UnicodePlots") do
-    @fact unicodeplots() --> Plots.UnicodePlotsBackend()
-    @fact backend() --> Plots.UnicodePlotsBackend()
+@testset "UnicodePlots" begin
+    @fact unicodeplots() == Plots.UnicodePlotsBackend()
+    @fact backend() == Plots.UnicodePlotsBackend()
 
     # lets just make sure it runs without error
-    @fact isa(plot(rand(10)), Plots.Plot) --> true
+    @fact isa(plot(rand(10)), Plots.Plot) == true
 end
 
 # The plotlyjs testimages return a connection error on travis:
 # connect: connection refused (ECONNREFUSED)
 
-# facts("PlotlyJS") do
-#     @fact plotlyjs() --> Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
-#     @fact backend() --> Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
+@testset "PlotlyJS" begin
+#     @fact plotlyjs() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
+#     @fact backend() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
 #
 #     if is_linux() && isinteractive()
 #         image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs,
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ end
 # ERROR: LoadError: InitError: Cannot open display:
 #  in Gtk.GLib.GError(::Gtk.##229#230) at /home/travis/.julia/v0.5/Gtk/src/GLib/gerror.jl:17
 
-# facts("InspectDR") do
-#     @fact inspectdr() --> Plots.InspectDRBackend()
-#     @fact backend() --> Plots.InspectDRBackend()
+# @testset "InspectDR" begin
+#     @fact inspectdr() == Plots.InspectDRBackend()
+#     @fact backend() == Plots.InspectDRBackend()
 #
 #     image_comparison_facts(:inspectdr,
 #         skip=[
@@ -72,41 +72,41 @@ end
 # end
 
 
-# facts("Plotly") do
-#     @fact plotly() --> Plots.PlotlyBackend()
-#     @fact backend() --> Plots.PlotlyBackend()
+# @testset "Plotly" begin
+#     @fact plotly() == Plots.PlotlyBackend()
+#     @fact backend() == Plots.PlotlyBackend()
 #
 #     # # until png generation is reliable on OSX, just test on linux
 #     # @static is_linux() && image_comparison_facts(:plotly, only=[1,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,20,22,23,27], eps=img_eps)
 # end
 
 
-# facts("Immerse") do
-#     @fact immerse() --> Plots.ImmerseBackend()
-#     @fact backend() --> Plots.ImmerseBackend()
+# @testset "Immerse" begin
+#     @fact immerse() == Plots.ImmerseBackend()
+#     @fact backend() == Plots.ImmerseBackend()
 #
 #     # as long as we can plot anything without error, it should be the same as Gadfly
 #     image_comparison_facts(:immerse, only=[1], eps=img_eps)
 # end
 
 
-# facts("PlotlyJS") do
-#     @fact plotlyjs() --> Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
-#     @fact backend() --> Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
+# @testset "PlotlyJS" begin
+#     @fact plotlyjs() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
+#     @fact backend() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
 #
 #     # as long as we can plot anything without error, it should be the same as Plotly
 #     image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs, only=[1], eps=img_eps)
 # end
 
 
-# facts("Gadfly") do
-#     @fact gadfly() --> Plots.GadflyBackend()
-#     @fact backend() --> Plots.GadflyBackend()
+# @testset "Gadfly" begin
+#     @fact gadfly() == Plots.GadflyBackend()
+#     @fact backend() == Plots.GadflyBackend()
 #
-#     @fact typeof(plot(1:10)) --> Plots.Plot{Plots.GadflyBackend}
-#     @fact plot(Int[1,2,3], rand(3)) --> not(nothing)
-#     @fact plot(sort(rand(10)), rand(Int, 10, 3)) --> not(nothing)
-#     @fact plot!(rand(10,3), rand(10,3)) --> not(nothing)
+#     @fact typeof(plot(1:10)) == Plots.Plot{Plots.GadflyBackend}
+#     @fact plot(Int[1,2,3], rand(3)) == not(nothing)
+#     @fact plot(sort(rand(10)), rand(Int, 10, 3)) == not(nothing)
+#     @fact plot!(rand(10,3), rand(10,3)) == not(nothing)
 #
 #     image_comparison_facts(:gadfly, skip=[4,6,23,24,27], eps=img_eps)
 # end
@@ -114,24 +114,24 @@ end
 
 
 
-facts("Axes") do
+@testset "Axes" begin
     p = plot()
     axis = p.subplots[1][:xaxis]
-    @fact typeof(axis) --> Plots.Axis
-    @fact Plots.discrete_value!(axis, "HI") --> (0.5, 1)
-    @fact Plots.discrete_value!(axis, :yo) --> (1.5, 2)
-    @fact Plots.ignorenan_extrema(axis) --> (0.5,1.5)
-    @fact axis[:discrete_map] --> Dict{Any,Any}(:yo  => 2, "HI" => 1)
+    @fact typeof(axis) == Plots.Axis
+    @fact Plots.discrete_value!(axis, "HI") == (0.5, 1)
+    @fact Plots.discrete_value!(axis, :yo) == (1.5, 2)
+    @fact Plots.ignorenan_extrema(axis) == (0.5,1.5)
+    @fact axis[:discrete_map] == Dict{Any,Any}(:yo  => 2, "HI" => 1)
 
     Plots.discrete_value!(axis, ["x$i" for i=1:5])
     Plots.discrete_value!(axis, ["x$i" for i=0:2])
-    @fact Plots.ignorenan_extrema(axis) --> (0.5, 7.5)
+    @fact Plots.ignorenan_extrema(axis) == (0.5, 7.5)
 end
 
 
 # tests for preprocessing recipes
 
-# facts("recipes") do
+# @testset "recipes" begin
 
     # user recipe
 
@@ -168,6 +168,4 @@ end
 # end
 
 
-
-FactCheck.exitstatus()
 end # module