diff --git a/Mac/Tools/IDE/PyEdit.py b/Mac/Tools/IDE/PyEdit.py
index 10f583f..d8539c1 100644
--- a/Mac/Tools/IDE/PyEdit.py
+++ b/Mac/Tools/IDE/PyEdit.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 	haveThreading = Wthreading.haveThreading
 
 _scriptuntitledcounter = 1
-# _wordchars = string.letters + string.digits + "_"
-_wordchars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_'
+_wordchars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "_"
 
 
 runButtonLabels = ["Run all", "Stop!"]
diff --git a/Mac/scripts/gensuitemodule.py b/Mac/scripts/gensuitemodule.py
index b68def7..6549ed2 100644
--- a/Mac/scripts/gensuitemodule.py
+++ b/Mac/scripts/gensuitemodule.py
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 	if not str:
 		return "_empty_ae_name"
 	rv = ''
-	ok = string.letters  + '_'
+	ok = string.ascii_letters + '_'
 	ok2 = ok + string.digits
 	for c in str:
 		if c in ok: