diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
index 98c78895e849329..f6f9332cb105e59 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
@@ -915,9 +915,7 @@ def test_configure_tabs(self):
         widget = self.create()
         self.checkParam(widget, 'tabs', (10.2, 20.7, '1i', '2i'))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'tabs', '10.2 20.7 1i 2i',
-                        expected=(10.2, 20.7, '1i', '2i')
-                                 if get_tk_patchlevel(self.root) >= (8, 6, 14)
-                                 else ('10.2', '20.7', '1i', '2i'))
+                        expected=(10.2, 20.7, '1i', '2i'))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'tabs', '2c left 4c 6c center',
                         expected=('2c', 'left', '4c', '6c', 'center'))
         self.checkInvalidParam(widget, 'tabs', 'spam',
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
index 36b8658656076d8..dc23c52a8844657 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
@@ -29,20 +29,14 @@ def test_configure_class(self):
 
     def test_configure_padding(self):
         widget = self.create()
-        if get_tk_patchlevel(self.root) < (8, 6, 14):
-            def padding_conv(value):
-                self.assertIsInstance(value, tuple)
-                return tuple(map(str, value))
-        else:
-            padding_conv = None
-        self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', 0, expected=(0,), conv=padding_conv)
-        self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', 5, expected=(5,), conv=padding_conv)
+        self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', 0, expected=(0,))
+        self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', 5, expected=(5,))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', (5, 6),
-                        expected=(5, 6), conv=padding_conv)
+                        expected=(5, 6))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', (5, 6, 7),
-                        expected=(5, 6, 7), conv=padding_conv)
+                        expected=(5, 6, 7))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', (5, 6, 7, 8),
-                        expected=(5, 6, 7, 8), conv=padding_conv)
+                        expected=(5, 6, 7, 8))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', ('5p', '6p', '7p', '8p'))
         self.checkParam(widget, 'padding', (), expected='')