diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair.i b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair.i
index 0a50f8e64..697bfef12 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair.i
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 %module lib_std_pair
 
+//
+// activate the automatic comparison methods generation (==,!=,...) 
+//
+#define SWIG_STD_EXTEND_COMPARISON
+
 %include std_pair.i
 %include std_string.i
 %include std_complex.i
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/std_containers.i b/Examples/test-suite/python/std_containers.i
index 099d78a96..eda48811a 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/std_containers.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/std_containers.i
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 %module std_containers
 
+//
+// activate the automatic comparison methods generation (==,!=,...) 
+//
+#define SWIG_STD_EXTEND_COMPARISON
+
 %include std_vector.i
 %include std_string.i
 %include std_deque.i
@@ -11,11 +16,9 @@
 %include std_multimap.i
 %include std_complex.i
 
-#ifndef SWIG_STD_DEFAULT_INSTANTIATION
 %template() std::vector<double>;
 %template() std::pair<std::string, int>;
 %template() std::pair<int,double>;
-#endif
 
 %template() std::vector< std::vector<double > > ;
 %template(ccube) std::vector< std::vector< std::vector<double > > >;