diff --git a/hacking/runtests.sh b/hacking/runtests.sh
index ad5ea9a..c754008 100755
--- a/hacking/runtests.sh
+++ b/hacking/runtests.sh
@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@ done
 
 header 'Summary'
 cat $summary
-egrep '\bFAIL' $summary &> /dev/null
+grep -E '\bFAIL' $summary &> /dev/null
 [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && exit 1 || exit 0
diff --git a/test/unit/pep8_tests.py b/test/unit/pep8_tests.py
index c468edc..419f959 100644
--- a/test/unit/pep8_tests.py
+++ b/test/unit/pep8_tests.py
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ class UglyHackishTest(TitoUnitTestFixture):
     def test_exceptions_3(self):
         # detect 'except rpm.error, e:'
         regex = "'^[[:space:]]*except [^,]+,[[:space:]]*[[:alpha:]]+:'"
-        cmd = "find . -type f -regex '.*\.py$' -exec egrep %s {} + | wc -l" % regex
+        cmd = "find . -type f -regex '.*\.py$' -exec grep -E %s {} + | wc -l" % regex
         result = int(getoutput(cmd))
         self.assertEqual(result, 0, "Found except clause not supported in Python 3")
 
     def test_import_commands(self):
-        cmd = "find . -type f -regex '.*\.py$' -exec egrep '^(import|from) commands\.' {} + | grep -v 'compat\.py' | wc -l"
+        cmd = "find . -type f -regex '.*\.py$' -exec grep -E '^(import|from) commands\.' {} + | grep -v 'compat\.py' | wc -l"
         result = int(getoutput(cmd))
         self.assertEqual(result, 0, "Found commands module (not supported in Python 3)")
 
     def test_use_commands(self):
-        cmd = "find . -type f -regex '.*\.py$' -exec egrep 'commands\.' {} + | grep -v 'compat\.py' | wc -l"
+        cmd = "find . -type f -regex '.*\.py$' -exec grep -E 'commands\.' {} + | grep -v 'compat\.py' | wc -l"
         result = int(getoutput(cmd))
         self.assertEqual(result, 0, "Found commands module (not supported in Python 3)")