diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_ds.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_ds.py
index 71d22a0a27..22394a2888 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_ds.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_ds.py
@@ -181,7 +181,11 @@ class DataSourceTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
                     # Making sure the SpatialReference is as expected.
                     if hasattr(source, 'srs_wkt'):
-                        self.assertEqual(source.srs_wkt, g.srs.wkt)
+                        self.assertEqual(
+                            source.srs_wkt,
+                            # Depending on lib versions, WGS_84 might be WGS_1984
+                            g.srs.wkt.replace('SPHEROID["WGS_84"', 'SPHEROID["WGS_1984"')
+                        )
 
     def test06_spatial_filter(self):
         "Testing the Layer.spatial_filter property."
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py
index a0b2593605..dda22036e3 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 from binascii import b2a_hex
 try:
     from django.utils.six.moves import cPickle as pickle
@@ -111,8 +112,9 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
         for g in self.geometries.json_geoms:
             geom = OGRGeometry(g.wkt)
             if not hasattr(g, 'not_equal'):
-                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.json)
-                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.geojson)
+                # Loading jsons to prevent decimal differences
+                self.assertEqual(json.loads(g.json), json.loads(geom.json))
+                self.assertEqual(json.loads(g.json), json.loads(geom.geojson))
             self.assertEqual(OGRGeometry(g.wkt), OGRGeometry(geom.json))
 
     def test02_points(self):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
index d621c6b4d4..7300ab9c63 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import ctypes
+import json
 import random
 
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import (GEOSException, GEOSIndexError, GEOSGeometry,
@@ -204,8 +205,9 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
         for g in self.geometries.json_geoms:
             geom = GEOSGeometry(g.wkt)
             if not hasattr(g, 'not_equal'):
-                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.json)
-                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.geojson)
+                # Loading jsons to prevent decimal differences
+                self.assertEqual(json.loads(g.json), json.loads(geom.json))
+                self.assertEqual(json.loads(g.json), json.loads(geom.geojson))
             self.assertEqual(GEOSGeometry(g.wkt), GEOSGeometry(geom.json))
 
     def test_fromfile(self):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_spatialrefsys.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_spatialrefsys.py
index 5cdc68a74d..7f7a0111f1 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_spatialrefsys.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_spatialrefsys.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ from django.utils import unittest
 test_srs = ({'srid' : 4326,
              'auth_name' : ('EPSG', True),
              'auth_srid' : 4326,
-             'srtext' : 'GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]',
-             'srtext14' : 'GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]',
-             'proj4' : '+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs ',
+             # Only the beginning, because there are differences depending on installed libs
+             'srtext' : 'GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84"',
+             'proj4' : ['+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs ',
+                        # +ellps=WGS84 has been removed in the 4326 proj string in proj-4.8
+                        '+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs '],
              'spheroid' : 'WGS 84', 'name' : 'WGS 84',
              'geographic' : True, 'projected' : False, 'spatialite' : True,
              'ellipsoid' : (6378137.0, 6356752.3, 298.257223563), # From proj's "cs2cs -le" and Wikipedia (semi-minor only)
@@ -19,9 +21,9 @@ test_srs = ({'srid' : 4326,
             {'srid' : 32140,
              'auth_name' : ('EPSG', False),
              'auth_srid' : 32140,
-             'srtext' : 'PROJCS["NAD83 / Texas South Central",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30.28333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",28.38333333333333],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",27.83333333333333],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-99],PARAMETER["false_easting",600000],PARAMETER["false_northing",4000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","32140"]]',
-             'srtext14': 'PROJCS["NAD83 / Texas South Central",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",30.28333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",28.38333333333333],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",27.83333333333333],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-99],PARAMETER["false_easting",600000],PARAMETER["false_northing",4000000],AUTHORITY["EPSG","32140"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]',
-             'proj4' : '+proj=lcc +lat_1=30.28333333333333 +lat_2=28.38333333333333 +lat_0=27.83333333333333 +lon_0=-99 +x_0=600000 +y_0=4000000 +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs ',
+             'srtext' : 'PROJCS["NAD83 / Texas South Central",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980"',
+             'proj4' : ['+proj=lcc +lat_1=30.28333333333333 +lat_2=28.38333333333333 +lat_0=27.83333333333333 +lon_0=-99 +x_0=600000 +y_0=4000000 +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs ',
+                        '+proj=lcc +lat_1=30.28333333333333 +lat_2=28.38333333333333 +lat_0=27.83333333333333 +lon_0=-99 +x_0=600000 +y_0=4000000 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs '],
              'spheroid' : 'GRS 1980', 'name' : 'NAD83 / Texas South Central',
              'geographic' : False, 'projected' : True, 'spatialite' : False,
              'ellipsoid' : (6378137.0, 6356752.31414, 298.257222101), # From proj's "cs2cs -le" and Wikipedia (semi-minor only)
@@ -51,17 +53,12 @@ class SpatialRefSysTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
             # No proj.4 and different srtext on oracle backends :(
             if postgis:
-                if connection.ops.spatial_version >= (1, 4, 0):
-                    srtext = sd['srtext14']
-                else:
-                    srtext = sd['srtext']
-                self.assertEqual(srtext, srs.wkt)
-                self.assertEqual(sd['proj4'], srs.proj4text)
+                self.assertTrue(srs.wkt.startswith(sd['srtext']))
+                self.assertTrue(srs.proj4text in sd['proj4'])
 
     @no_mysql
     def test02_osr(self):
         "Testing getting OSR objects from SpatialRefSys model objects."
-        from django.contrib.gis.gdal import GDAL_VERSION
         for sd in test_srs:
             sr = SpatialRefSys.objects.get(srid=sd['srid'])
             self.assertEqual(True, sr.spheroid.startswith(sd['spheroid']))
@@ -76,15 +73,10 @@ class SpatialRefSysTest(unittest.TestCase):
             # Testing the SpatialReference object directly.
             if postgis or spatialite:
                 srs = sr.srs
-                if GDAL_VERSION <= (1, 8):
-                    self.assertEqual(sd['proj4'], srs.proj4)
+                self.assertTrue(srs.proj4 in sd['proj4'])
                 # No `srtext` field in the `spatial_ref_sys` table in SpatiaLite
                 if not spatialite:
-                    if connection.ops.spatial_version >= (1, 4, 0):
-                        srtext = sd['srtext14']
-                    else:
-                        srtext = sd['srtext']
-                    self.assertEqual(srtext, srs.wkt)
+                    self.assertTrue(srs.wkt.startswith(sd['srtext']))
 
     @no_mysql
     def test03_ellipsoid(self):