diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/tests/AlgorithmsTestBase.py b/python/plugins/processing/tests/AlgorithmsTestBase.py
index 04124b21493..d9d1fd75c22 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/tests/AlgorithmsTestBase.py
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/tests/AlgorithmsTestBase.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class AlgorithmsTest():
 
         expectFailure = False
         if 'expectedFailure' in defs:
-            exec('\n'.join(defs['expectedFailure'][:-1])) in globals(), locals()
+            exec(('\n'.join(defs['expectedFailure'][:-1])), globals(), locals())
             expectFailure = eval(defs['expectedFailure'][-1])
 
         def doCheck():
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_memory.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_memory.py
index 52096fb18a0..f6024ae99de 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_memory.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_memory.py
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ class TestPyQgsMemoryProvider(unittest.TestCase, ProviderTestCase):
 
     def testGetFeaturesSubsetAttributes2(self):
         """ Override and skip this test for memory provider, as it's actually more efficient for the memory provider to return
-        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature) 
+        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature)
         """
         pass
 
     def testGetFeaturesNoGeometry(self):
         """ Override and skip this test for memory provider, as it's actually more efficient for the memory provider to return
-        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature) 
+        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature)
         """
         pass
 
@@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ class TestPyQgsMemoryProviderIndexed(unittest.TestCase, ProviderTestCase):
 
     def testGetFeaturesSubsetAttributes2(self):
         """ Override and skip this test for memory provider, as it's actually more efficient for the memory provider to return
-        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature) 
+        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature)
         """
         pass
 
     def testGetFeaturesNoGeometry(self):
         """ Override and skip this test for memory provider, as it's actually more efficient for the memory provider to return
-        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature) 
+        its features as direct copies (due to implicit sharing of QgsFeature)
         """
         pass