diff --git a/tests/test_contractions.py b/tests/test_contractions.py
index 1e697afd2..78a56f67f 100644
--- a/tests/test_contractions.py
+++ b/tests/test_contractions.py
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import pytest
 
-from spacy.en import EN
+from spacy.en import English
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def EN():
+    return English(pos_tag=False)
 
 
-def test_possess():
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("Mike's")
-    assert EN.lexicon.strings[tokens[0].sic] == "Mike"
-    assert EN.lexicon.strings[tokens[1].sic] == "'s"
+def test_possess(EN):
+    tokens = EN("Mike's")
+    assert EN.vocab.strings[tokens[0].sic] == "Mike"
+    assert EN.vocab.strings[tokens[1].sic] == "'s"
     assert len(tokens) == 2
 
 
-def test_apostrophe():
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("schools'")
+def test_apostrophe(EN):
+    tokens = EN("schools'")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
     assert tokens[1].string == "'"
     assert tokens[0].string == "schools"
 
 
-def test_LL():
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("we'll")
+def test_LL(EN):
+    tokens = EN("we'll")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
     assert tokens[1].string == "'ll"
     assert tokens[1].lemma == "will"
     assert tokens[0].string == "we"
 
 
-def test_aint():
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("ain't")
+def test_aint(EN):
+    tokens = EN("ain't")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
     assert tokens[0].string == "ai"
     assert tokens[0].lemma == "be"
@@ -34,19 +39,19 @@ def test_aint():
     assert tokens[1].lemma == "not"
 
 
-def test_capitalized():
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("can't")
+def test_capitalized(EN):
+    tokens = EN("can't")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("Can't")
+    tokens = EN("Can't")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("Ain't")
+    tokens = EN("Ain't")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
     assert tokens[0].string == "Ai"
     assert tokens[0].lemma == "be"
 
 
-def test_punct():
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("We've")
+def test_punct(EN):
+    tokens = EN("We've")
     assert len(tokens) == 2
-    tokens = EN.tokenize("``We've")
+    tokens = EN("``We've")
     assert len(tokens) == 3