diff --git a/testcases/clientreadertestcase.py b/testcases/clientreadertestcase.py
index b52ad618..65c3bbc2 100644
--- a/testcases/clientreadertestcase.py
+++ b/testcases/clientreadertestcase.py
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ option = %s
 		os.chmod(f, 0)
 		# fragile test and known to fail e.g. under Cygwin where permissions
 		# seems to be not enforced, thus condition
-		if not os.access('d.conf', os.R_OK):
+		if not os.access(f, os.R_OK):
 			self.assertFalse(self.c.read('d'))	# should not be readable BUT present
 		else:
-			raise unittest.SkipTest("Skipping on %s -- access rights are not enforced" % platform)
+			# SkipTest introduced only in 2.7 thus can't yet use generally
+			# raise unittest.SkipTest("Skipping on %s -- access rights are not enforced" % platform)
+			pass
 
 
 	def testOptionalDotDDir(self):
diff --git a/testcases/filtertestcase.py b/testcases/filtertestcase.py
index ecdc7bde..2061327a 100644
--- a/testcases/filtertestcase.py
+++ b/testcases/filtertestcase.py
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ def _assert_equal_entries(utest, found, output, count=None):
 	if len(output) > 3 and count is None: # match matches
 		# do not check if custom count (e.g. going through them twice)
 		if os.linesep != '\n' or sys.platform.startswith('cygwin'):
-			# on those where text file lines end with '\r\n', override
-			# repr for this test to disregard trailing CR LF
-			srepr = lambda x: repr(str(x).rstrip('\n\r'))
+			# on those where text file lines end with '\r\n', remove '\r'
+			srepr = lambda x: repr(x).replace(r'\r', '')
 		else:
 			srepr = repr
 		utest.assertEqual(srepr(found[3]), srepr(output[3]))