diff --git a/src/relstorage/adapters/mysql/mover.py b/src/relstorage/adapters/mysql/mover.py
index 9e967f17..2f7106c9 100644
--- a/src/relstorage/adapters/mysql/mover.py
+++ b/src/relstorage/adapters/mysql/mover.py
@@ -96,15 +96,17 @@ def restore(self, cursor, batcher, oid, tid, data):
         Used for copying transactions into this database.
         """
         if self.version_detector.requires_values_upsert_alias(cursor):
+            alias = 'AS NEW'
             def VALUES(col):
                 return 'NEW.' + col
         else:
+            alias = ''
             def VALUES(col):
                 return f'VALUES({col})'
 
         if self.keep_history:
             suffix = f"""
-            AS NEW
+            {alias}
             ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
                 tid = {VALUES('tid')},
                 prev_tid = {VALUES('prev_tid')},
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ def VALUES(col):
             """
         else:
             suffix = f"""
-            AS NEW
+            {alias}
             ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
                 tid = {VALUES('tid')},
                 state_size = {VALUES('state_size')},
diff --git a/src/relstorage/tests/blob/blob_cache.py b/src/relstorage/tests/blob/blob_cache.py
index f4e07925..8b30da77 100644
--- a/src/relstorage/tests/blob/blob_cache.py
+++ b/src/relstorage/tests/blob/blob_cache.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def client(client_num):
         threads = [threading.Thread(target=client, args=(i,))
                    for i in range(self.CLIENT_COUNT)]
         for thread in threads:
-            thread.setDaemon(True)
+            thread.daemon = True
             thread.start()
 
         for thread in threads: