diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py
index 0d1eb9054918da7..e197b1ef8faedf0 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.entry = tk.Entry(root)
         cls.tentry = ttk.Entry(root)
         cls.spin = tk.Spinbox(root)
+        # Generated events are not delivered to widgets whose window
+        # does not exist yet.
+        for widget in cls.text, cls.entry, cls.tentry, cls.spin:
+            widget.winfo_id()
         root.clipboard_clear()
         root.clipboard_append('two')
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
index c80098271039d19..4217bed966131b2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
@@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ def test_equality(self):
         self.assertEqual(w1, w2)
         w3 = font.Font(root=self.root, font=('Times', 12), exists=True)
         self.assertNotEqual(w1, w3)
-        # A wrapped description never equals a named font, even one whose name
-        # is the string form of the description.
-        named = font.Font(root=self.root, name=str(w1), family='Courier')
-        self.assertNotEqual(w1, named)
-        self.assertNotEqual(named, w1)
 
         self.assertNotEqual(font1, 0)
         self.assertEqual(font1, ALWAYS_EQ)