diff --git a/pkg/search/query_test.go b/pkg/search/query_test.go
index f27437549..f146ee670 100644
--- a/pkg/search/query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/search/query_test.go
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ func (i indexType) String() string {
 }
 
 type queryTest struct {
-	t  test.TB
+	t  testing.TB
 	id *indextest.IndexDeps
 
 	Handler func() *Handler
 }
 
-func querySetup(t test.TB) (*indextest.IndexDeps, *Handler) {
+func querySetup(t testing.TB) (*indextest.IndexDeps, *Handler) {
 	idx := index.NewMemoryIndex() // string key-value pairs in memory, as if they were on disk
 	id := indextest.NewIndexDeps(idx)
 	id.Fataler = t
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ func querySetup(t test.TB) (*indextest.IndexDeps, *Handler) {
 	return id, h
 }
 
-func testQuery(t test.TB, fn func(*queryTest)) {
+func testQuery(t testing.TB, fn func(*queryTest)) {
 	testQueryTypes(t, allIndexTypes, fn)
 }
 
-func testQueryTypes(t test.TB, types []indexType, fn func(*queryTest)) {
+func testQueryTypes(t testing.TB, types []indexType, fn func(*queryTest)) {
 	defer test.TLog(t)()
 	for _, it := range types {
 		if *queryType == "" || *queryType == it.String() {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func testQueryTypes(t test.TB, types []indexType, fn func(*queryTest)) {
 	}
 }
 
-func testQueryType(t test.TB, fn func(*queryTest), itype indexType) {
+func testQueryType(t testing.TB, fn func(*queryTest), itype indexType) {
 	defer index.SetVerboseCorpusLogging(true)
 	index.SetVerboseCorpusLogging(false)
 
diff --git a/pkg/test/test.go b/pkg/test/test.go
index b4175b265..91fa53a8c 100644
--- a/pkg/test/test.go
+++ b/pkg/test/test.go
@@ -34,27 +34,9 @@ func BrokenTest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TB is a copy of Go 1.2's testing.TB.
-type TB interface {
-	Error(args ...interface{})
-	Errorf(format string, args ...interface{})
-	Fail()
-	FailNow()
-	Failed() bool
-	Fatal(args ...interface{})
-	Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{})
-	Log(args ...interface{})
-	Logf(format string, args ...interface{})
-	Skip(args ...interface{})
-	SkipNow()
-	Skipf(format string, args ...interface{})
-	Skipped() bool
-}
-
 // TLog changes the log package's output to log to t and returns a function
 // to reset it back to stderr.
-func TLog(t TB) func() {
-	// TODO(bradfitz): once we rely on Go 1.2, change this to take a testing.TB.
+func TLog(t testing.TB) func() {
 	log.SetOutput(&twriter{t: t})
 	return func() {
 		log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
@@ -66,7 +48,7 @@ func TLog(t TB) func() {
 // method calls and Write calls:
 // "Each logging operation makes a single call to the Writer's Write method"
 type twriter struct {
-	t   TB
+	t   testing.TB
 	buf bytes.Buffer
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/test/test_test.go b/pkg/test/test_test.go
index 5bd91df6d..a83c01ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/test/test_test.go
+++ b/pkg/test/test_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 var _ index.Interface = (*FakeIndex)(nil)
 
 type tbLogger struct {
-	TB
+	testing.TB
 	log []string
 }