diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -1072,35 +1072,6 @@
             standardMsg = self._truncateMessage(standardMsg, diff)
             self.fail(self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg))
 
-    def assertDictContainsSubset(self, subset, dictionary, msg=None):
-        """Checks whether dictionary is a superset of subset."""
-        warnings.warn('assertDictContainsSubset is deprecated',
-                      DeprecationWarning)
-        missing = []
-        mismatched = []
-        for key, value in subset.items():
-            if key not in dictionary:
-                missing.append(key)
-            elif value != dictionary[key]:
-                mismatched.append('%s, expected: %s, actual: %s' %
-                                  (safe_repr(key), safe_repr(value),
-                                   safe_repr(dictionary[key])))
-
-        if not (missing or mismatched):
-            return
-
-        standardMsg = ''
-        if missing:
-            standardMsg = 'Missing: %s' % ','.join(safe_repr(m) for m in
-                                                    missing)
-        if mismatched:
-            if standardMsg:
-                standardMsg += '; '
-            standardMsg += 'Mismatched values: %s' % ','.join(mismatched)
-
-        self.fail(self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg))
-
-
     def assertCountEqual(self, first, second, msg=None):
         """An unordered sequence comparison asserting that the same elements,
         regardless of order.  If the same element occurs more than once,
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py b/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py
@@ -236,15 +236,6 @@
                              "\+ \{'key': 'value'\}$",
                              "\+ \{'key': 'value'\} : oops$"])
 
-    def testAssertDictContainsSubset(self):
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-
-            self.assertMessages('assertDictContainsSubset', ({'key': 'value'}, {}),
-                                ["^Missing: 'key'$", "^oops$",
-                                 "^Missing: 'key'$",
-                                 "^Missing: 'key' : oops$"])
-
     def testAssertMultiLineEqual(self):
         self.assertMessages('assertMultiLineEqual', ("", "foo"),
                             [r"\+ foo$", "^oops$",
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py b/Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py
@@ -624,36 +624,6 @@
         self.assertRaises(self.failureException, self.assertNotIn, 'cow',
                           animals)
 
-    def testAssertDictContainsSubset(self):
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset({}, {})
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset({}, {'a': 1})
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset({'a': 1}, {'a': 1})
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset({'a': 1}, {'a': 1, 'b': 2})
-            self.assertDictContainsSubset({'a': 1, 'b': 2}, {'a': 1, 'b': 2})
-
-            with self.assertRaises(self.failureException):
-                self.assertDictContainsSubset({1: "one"}, {})
-
-            with self.assertRaises(self.failureException):
-                self.assertDictContainsSubset({'a': 2}, {'a': 1})
-
-            with self.assertRaises(self.failureException):
-                self.assertDictContainsSubset({'c': 1}, {'a': 1})
-
-            with self.assertRaises(self.failureException):
-                self.assertDictContainsSubset({'a': 1, 'c': 1}, {'a': 1})
-
-            with self.assertRaises(self.failureException):
-                self.assertDictContainsSubset({'a': 1, 'c': 1}, {'a': 1})
-
-            one = ''.join(chr(i) for i in range(255))
-            # this used to cause a UnicodeDecodeError constructing the failure msg
-            with self.assertRaises(self.failureException):
-                self.assertDictContainsSubset({'foo': one}, {'foo': '\uFFFD'})
-
     def testAssertEqual(self):
         equal_pairs = [
                 ((), ()),
@@ -1395,7 +1365,6 @@
             (self.assert_, (True,)),
             (self.failUnlessRaises, (TypeError, lambda _: 3.14 + 'spam')),
             (self.failIf, (False,)),
-            (self.assertDictContainsSubset, (dict(a=1, b=2), dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))),
             (self.assertRaisesRegexp, (KeyError, 'foo', lambda: {}['foo'])),
             (self.assertRegexpMatches, ('bar', 'bar')),
         )
@@ -1403,16 +1372,11 @@
             with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
                 meth(*args)
 
-    # disable this test for now. When the version where the fail* methods will
-    # be removed is decided, re-enable it and update the version
     def _testDeprecatedFailMethods(self):
         """Test that the deprecated fail* methods get removed in 3.x"""
-        if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 3):
-            return
         deprecated_names = [
             'failIfEqual', 'failUnlessEqual', 'failUnlessAlmostEqual',
             'failIfAlmostEqual', 'failUnless', 'failUnlessRaises', 'failIf',
-            'assertDictContainsSubset',
         ]
         for deprecated_name in deprecated_names:
             with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):