diff --git a/src/testdir/test87.in b/src/testdir/test87.in
index 395fb19..45a4b8e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test87.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test87.in
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 :$put =py3eval('repr(''1'' in d)')
 :$put =py3eval('repr(list(iter(d)))')
 :$put =string(d)
-:$put =py3eval('repr(d.popitem(''0''))')
+:$put =py3eval('repr(d.popitem())')
 :$put =py3eval('repr(d.get(''0''))')
 :$put =py3eval('repr(list(iter(d)))')
 :"
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 em('d[b"a\\0b"]=1')
 
 em('d.pop("abc")')
-em('d.popitem("abc")')
+em('d.popitem()')
 EOF
 :$put =messages
 :unlet messages