diff --git a/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py b/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
index 2255ff59dc..eff23931ef 100644
--- a/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class AdminCustomUrlsTest(TestCase):
         string works.
         """
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin_custom_urls:admin_custom_urls_action_add'), {'name': 'My Action'})
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'value="My Action"')
 
     def test_basic_add_POST(self):
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ class AdminCustomUrlsTest(TestCase):
             "description": "Description of added action",
         }
         response = self.client.post(reverse('admin_custom_urls:admin_custom_urls_action_add'), post_data)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'dismissAddRelatedObjectPopup')
         self.assertContains(response, 'Action added through a popup')
 
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ class AdminCustomUrlsTest(TestCase):
         url = reverse('admin_custom_urls:%s_action_change' % Action._meta.app_label,
                 args=(quote('add'),))
         response = self.client.get(url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'Change action')
 
         # Should correctly get the change_view for the model instance with the
@@ -96,7 +93,6 @@ class AdminCustomUrlsTest(TestCase):
         url = reverse('admin_custom_urls:%s_action_change' % Action._meta.app_label,
                 args=(quote("path/to/html/document.html"),))
         response = self.client.get(url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'Change action')
         self.assertContains(response, 'value="path/to/html/document.html"')
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
index ea6dcbf517..4f2377b2de 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ class TestInlineProtectedOnDelete(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
             'chapter_set-0-DELETE': 'on'
         }
         response = self.client.post(change_url, data)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "Deleting chapter %s would require deleting "
                             "the following protected related objects: foot note %s"
                             % (chapter, foot_note))
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 48182f2a4a..910d7ff32d 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
 
     def test_add_with_GET_args(self):
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_section_add'), {'name': 'My Section'})
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'value="My Section"',
             msg_prefix="Couldn't find an input with the right value in the response")
 
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
             'date_1': '14:55:39',
         }
         response = self.client.post(reverse('admin:admin_views_article_add'), post_data)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'dismissAddRelatedObjectPopup')
         self.assertContains(response, 'title with a new\\u000Aline')
 
@@ -512,7 +510,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
         This also tests relation-spanning filters (e.g. 'color__value').
         """
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_thing_changelist'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, '<div id="changelist-filter">',
             msg_prefix="Expected filter not found in changelist view")
         self.assertNotContains(response, '<a href="?color__id__exact=3">Blue</a>',
@@ -521,7 +518,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
     def test_relation_spanning_filters(self):
         changelist_url = reverse('admin:admin_views_chapterxtra1_changelist')
         response = self.client.get(changelist_url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, '<div id="changelist-filter">')
         filters = {
             'chap__id__exact': dict(
@@ -682,7 +678,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
         WorkHour.objects.create(datum=datetime.datetime.now(), employee=e1)
         WorkHour.objects.create(datum=datetime.datetime.now(), employee=e2)
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_workhour_changelist'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'employee__person_ptr__exact')
         response = self.client.get("%s?employee__person_ptr__exact=%d" % (
             reverse('admin:admin_views_workhour_changelist'), e1.pk)
@@ -1731,18 +1726,14 @@ class AdminViewPermissionsTest(TestCase):
         for login_dict in [self.joepublic_login, self.no_username_login]:
             self.client.post(login_url, login_dict)
             response = self.client.get(change_url_1, follow=True)
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'login-form')
             response = self.client.post(change_url_1, {'name': 'changed'}, follow=True)
             self.assertEqual(RowLevelChangePermissionModel.objects.get(id=1).name, 'odd id')
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'login-form')
             response = self.client.get(change_url_2, follow=True)
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'login-form')
             response = self.client.post(change_url_2, {'name': 'changed again'}, follow=True)
             self.assertEqual(RowLevelChangePermissionModel.objects.get(id=2).name, 'changed')
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'login-form')
             self.client.get(reverse('admin:logout'))
 
@@ -1820,11 +1811,9 @@ class AdminViewPermissionsTest(TestCase):
             self.client.post(login_url, login_dict)
             url = reverse('admin:admin_views_rowlevelchangepermissionmodel_history', args=(rl1.pk,))
             response = self.client.get(url, follow=True)
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'login-form')
             url = reverse('admin:admin_views_rowlevelchangepermissionmodel_history', args=(rl2.pk,))
             response = self.client.get(url, follow=True)
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'login-form')
 
             self.client.get(reverse('admin:logout'))
@@ -4488,14 +4477,12 @@ class PrePopulatedTest(TestCase):
 
     def test_prepopulated_on(self):
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_prepopulatedpost_add'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "id: '#id_slug',")
         self.assertContains(response, "field['dependency_ids'].push('#id_title');")
         self.assertContains(response, "id: '#id_prepopulatedsubpost_set-0-subslug',")
 
     def test_prepopulated_off(self):
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_prepopulatedpost_change', args=(self.p1.pk,)))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "A Long Title")
         self.assertNotContains(response, "id: '#id_slug'")
         self.assertNotContains(response, "field['dependency_ids'].push('#id_title');")
@@ -4910,7 +4897,6 @@ class ReadonlyTest(TestCase):
         """
         p = FieldOverridePost.objects.create(title="Test Post", content="Test Content")
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_fieldoverridepost_change', args=(p.pk,)))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, '<p class="help">Overridden help text for the date</p>')
         self.assertContains(response, '<label for="id_public">Overridden public label:</label>', html=True)
         self.assertNotContains(response, "Some help text for the date (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)")
@@ -5156,11 +5142,9 @@ class UserAdminTest(TestCase):
     def test_user_fk_add_popup(self):
         """User addition through a FK popup should return the appropriate JavaScript response."""
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_album_add'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, reverse('admin:auth_user_add'))
         self.assertContains(response, 'class="related-widget-wrapper-link add-related" id="add_id_owner"')
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:auth_user_add') + '?_popup=1')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'name="_continue"')
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'name="_addanother"')
         data = {
@@ -5171,19 +5155,16 @@ class UserAdminTest(TestCase):
             '_save': '1',
         }
         response = self.client.post(reverse('admin:auth_user_add') + '?_popup=1', data, follow=True)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'dismissAddRelatedObjectPopup')
 
     def test_user_fk_change_popup(self):
         """User change through a FK popup should return the appropriate JavaScript response."""
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_album_add'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, reverse('admin:auth_user_change', args=('__fk__',)))
         self.assertContains(response, 'class="related-widget-wrapper-link change-related" id="change_id_owner"')
         user = User.objects.get(username='changeuser')
         url = reverse('admin:auth_user_change', args=(user.pk,)) + '?_popup=1'
         response = self.client.get(url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'name="_continue"')
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'name="_addanother"')
         data = {
@@ -5198,13 +5179,11 @@ class UserAdminTest(TestCase):
             '_save': '1',
         }
         response = self.client.post(url, data, follow=True)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup')
 
     def test_user_fk_delete_popup(self):
         """User deletion through a FK popup should return the appropriate JavaScript response."""
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_album_add'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, reverse('admin:auth_user_delete', args=('__fk__',)))
         self.assertContains(response, 'class="related-widget-wrapper-link change-related" id="change_id_owner"')
         user = User.objects.get(username='changeuser')
@@ -5216,7 +5195,6 @@ class UserAdminTest(TestCase):
             '_popup': '1',
         }
         response = self.client.post(url, data, follow=True)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'dismissDeleteRelatedObjectPopup')
 
     def test_save_add_another_button(self):
@@ -5360,7 +5338,6 @@ class CSSTest(TestCase):
         Ensure app and model tag are correctly read by change_form template
         """
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_section_add'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response,
             '<body class=" app-admin_views model-section ')
 
@@ -5369,7 +5346,6 @@ class CSSTest(TestCase):
         Ensure app and model tag are correctly read by change_list template
         """
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_section_changelist'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response,
             '<body class=" app-admin_views model-section ')
 
@@ -5380,7 +5356,6 @@ class CSSTest(TestCase):
         """
         response = self.client.get(
             reverse('admin:admin_views_section_delete', args=(self.s1.pk,)))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response,
             '<body class=" app-admin_views model-section ')
 
@@ -5389,7 +5364,6 @@ class CSSTest(TestCase):
         Ensure app and model tag are correctly read by app_index template
         """
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:app_list', args=('admin_views',)))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, '<body class=" dashboard app-admin_views')
 
     def test_app_model_in_delete_selected_confirmation_body_class(self):
@@ -5404,7 +5378,6 @@ class CSSTest(TestCase):
         }
         response = self.client.post(reverse('admin:admin_views_section_changelist'),
             action_data)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response,
             '<body class=" app-admin_views model-section ')
 
diff --git a/tests/flatpages_tests/test_csrf.py b/tests/flatpages_tests/test_csrf.py
index 5ce77dbe79..20349f571f 100644
--- a/tests/flatpages_tests/test_csrf.py
+++ b/tests/flatpages_tests/test_csrf.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class FlatpageCSRFTests(TestCase):
     def test_view_flatpage(self):
         "A flatpage can be served through a view, even when the middleware is in use"
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/flatpage/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it flat!</p>")
 
     def test_view_non_existent_flatpage(self):
@@ -72,13 +71,11 @@ class FlatpageCSRFTests(TestCase):
         User.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@example.com', 's3krit')
         self.client.login(username='testuser', password='s3krit')
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/sekrit/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it sekrit!</p>")
 
     def test_fallback_flatpage(self):
         "A flatpage can be served by the fallback middleware"
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it flat!</p>")
 
     def test_fallback_non_existent_flatpage(self):
diff --git a/tests/flatpages_tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/flatpages_tests/test_middleware.py
index c6b040775e..fd9bd11a5b 100644
--- a/tests/flatpages_tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/flatpages_tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class FlatpageMiddlewareTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
     def test_view_flatpage(self):
         "A flatpage can be served through a view, even when the middleware is in use"
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/flatpage/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it flat!</p>")
 
     def test_view_non_existent_flatpage(self):
@@ -72,13 +71,11 @@ class FlatpageMiddlewareTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         User.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@example.com', 's3krit')
         self.client.login(username='testuser', password='s3krit')
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/sekrit/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it sekrit!</p>")
 
     def test_fallback_flatpage(self):
         "A flatpage can be served by the fallback middleware"
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it flat!</p>")
 
     def test_fallback_non_existent_flatpage(self):
@@ -93,7 +90,6 @@ class FlatpageMiddlewareTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         User.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@example.com', 's3krit')
         self.client.login(username='testuser', password='s3krit')
         response = self.client.get('/sekrit/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it sekrit!</p>")
 
     def test_fallback_flatpage_special_chars(self):
@@ -108,7 +104,6 @@ class FlatpageMiddlewareTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         fp.sites.add(settings.SITE_ID)
 
         response = self.client.get('/some.very_special~chars-here/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it special!</p>")
 
 
@@ -176,5 +171,4 @@ class FlatpageMiddlewareAppendSlashTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         fp.sites.add(settings.SITE_ID)
 
         response = self.client.get('/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Root</p>")
diff --git a/tests/flatpages_tests/test_views.py b/tests/flatpages_tests/test_views.py
index 4e9e38768b..58dd2eb81e 100644
--- a/tests/flatpages_tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/flatpages_tests/test_views.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class FlatpageViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
     def test_view_flatpage(self):
         "A flatpage can be served through a view"
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/flatpage/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it flat!</p>")
 
     def test_view_non_existent_flatpage(self):
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ class FlatpageViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         User.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test@example.com', 's3krit')
         self.client.login(username='testuser', password='s3krit')
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/sekrit/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it sekrit!</p>")
 
     def test_fallback_flatpage(self):
@@ -97,7 +95,6 @@ class FlatpageViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         fp.sites.add(settings.SITE_ID)
 
         response = self.client.get('/flatpage_root/some.very_special~chars-here/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, "<p>Isn't it special!</p>")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_base.py b/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
index 340d0a5f5f..6d5045a81b 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ class TemplateViewTest(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def _assert_about(self, response):
         response.render()
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, '<h1>About</h1>')
 
     def test_get(self):
diff --git a/tests/handlers/tests.py b/tests/handlers/tests.py
index 76cfe5161c..98919e4907 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/tests.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/tests.py
@@ -182,19 +182,15 @@ class HandlerNotFoundTest(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_invalid_urls(self):
         response = self.client.get('~%A9helloworld')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
         self.assertContains(response, '~%A9helloworld', status_code=404)
 
         response = self.client.get('d%aao%aaw%aan%aal%aao%aaa%aad%aa/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
         self.assertContains(response, 'd%AAo%AAw%AAn%AAl%AAo%AAa%AAd%AA', status_code=404)
 
         response = self.client.get('/%E2%99%E2%99%A5/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
         self.assertContains(response, '%E2%99\u2665', status_code=404)
 
         response = self.client.get('/%E2%98%8E%E2%A9%E2%99%A5/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
         self.assertContains(response, '\u260e%E2%A9\u2665', status_code=404)
 
     def test_environ_path_info_type(self):
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/test_response.py b/tests/template_tests/test_response.py
index 027584d2d7..05073b6f74 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/test_response.py
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ class CustomURLConfTest(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_custom_urlconf(self):
         response = self.client.get('/template_response_view/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'This is where you can find the snark: /snark/')
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client/tests.py b/tests/test_client/tests.py
index 4b48332085..cd3b6d77f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/tests.py
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ class RequestFactoryTest(SimpleTestCase):
         request = self.request_factory.get('/somewhere/')
         response = get_view(request)
 
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'This is a test')
 
     def test_trace_request_from_factory(self):
@@ -740,5 +739,4 @@ class RequestFactoryTest(SimpleTestCase):
         protocol = request.META["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]
         echoed_request_line = "TRACE {} {}".format(url_path, protocol)
 
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, echoed_request_line)
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
index a10a3bc7e1..a586a7f66a 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ class JsI18NTests(SimpleTestCase):
         """
         with self.settings(LANGUAGE_CODE='en-us'), override('fr'):
             response = self.client.get('/jsi18n/app5/')
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertContains(response, 'emoji')
             self.assertContains(response, '\\ud83d\\udca9')