diff --git a/Tools/scripts/win_add2path.py b/Tools/scripts/win_add2path.py
index b024789..9259b44 100644
--- a/Tools/scripts/win_add2path.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/win_add2path.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 HKCU = winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER
 ENV = "Environment"
 PATH = "PATH"
-DEFAULT = u"%PATH%"
+DEFAULT = "%PATH%"
 
 def modify():
     pythonpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.normpath(sys.executable))
diff --git a/Tools/versioncheck/README b/Tools/versioncheck/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dd2eca..0000000
--- a/Tools/versioncheck/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-This is versioncheck 1.0, a first stab at automatic checking of versions of
-Python extension packages installed on your system.
-
-The basic idea is that each package contains a _checkversion.py
-somewhere, probably at the root level of the package. In addition, each
-package maintainer makes a file available on the net, through ftp or
-http, which contains the version number of the most recent distribution
-and some readable text explaining the differences with previous
-versions, where to download the package, etc.
-
-The checkversions.py script walks through the installed Python tree (or
-through a tree of choice), and runs each _checkversion.py script. These
-scripts retrieve the current-version file over the net, compares version
-numbers and tells the user about new versions of packages available.
-
-A boilerplate for the _checkversion.py file can be found here. Replace
-package name, version and the URL of the version-check file and put it in
-your distribution. In stead of a single URL you can also specify a list
-of URLs. Each of these will be checked in order until one is available,
-this is handy for distributions that live in multiple places. Put the
-primary distribution site (the most up-to-date site) before others.
-The script is read and executed with exec(), not imported, and the current
-directory is the checkversion directory, so be careful with globals,
-importing, etc.
-
-The version-check file consists of an rfc822-style header followed by
-plaintext. The only header field checked currently is
-'Current-Version:', which should contain te current version and is
-matched against the string contained in the _checkversion.py script.
-The rest of the file is human-readable text and presented to the user if
-there is a version mismatch. It should contain at the very least a URL
-of either the current distribution or a webpage describing it.
-
-Pycheckversion.py is the module that does the actual checking of versions.
-It should be fine where it is, it is imported by checkversion before anything
-else is done, but if imports fail you may want to move it to somewhere
-along sys.path.
-
-	Jack Jansen, CWI, 23-Dec-97.
-	<jack@cwi.nl>
-	
diff --git a/Tools/versioncheck/_checkversion.py b/Tools/versioncheck/_checkversion.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b3bb50..0000000
--- a/Tools/versioncheck/_checkversion.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-"""This file (which is sourced, not imported) checks the version of the
-"versioncheck" package. It is also an example of how to format your own
-_checkversion.py file"""
-
-import pyversioncheck
-
-_PACKAGE="versioncheck"
-_VERSION="1.0"
-_URL="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/versioncheck/curversion.txt"
-
-try:
-    _myverbose=VERBOSE
-except NameError:
-    _myverbose=1
-
-pyversioncheck.versioncheck(_PACKAGE, _URL, _VERSION, verbose=_myverbose)
diff --git a/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py b/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f110cac..0000000
--- a/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-"""Checkversions - recursively search a directory (default: sys.prefix)
-for _checkversion.py files, and run each of them. This will tell you of
-new versions available for any packages you have installed."""
-
-import os
-import getopt
-import sys
-import pyversioncheck
-
-CHECKNAME="_checkversion.py"
-
-VERBOSE=1
-
-USAGE="""Usage: checkversions [-v verboselevel] [dir ...]
-Recursively examine a tree (default: sys.prefix) and for each package
-with a _checkversion.py file compare the installed version against the current
-version.
-
-Values for verboselevel:
-0 - Minimal output, one line per package
-1 - Also print descriptions for outdated packages (default)
-2 - Print information on each URL checked
-3 - Check every URL for packages with multiple locations"""
-
-def check1dir(dummy, dir, files):
-    if CHECKNAME in files:
-        fullname = os.path.join(dir, CHECKNAME)
-        try:
-            exec(open(fullname).read())
-        except:
-            print('** Exception in', fullname)
-
-def walk1tree(tree):
-    os.walk(tree, check1dir, None)
-
-def main():
-    global VERBOSE
-    try:
-        options, arguments = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'v:')
-    except getopt.error:
-        print(USAGE)
-        sys.exit(1)
-    for o, a in options:
-        if o == '-v':
-            VERBOSE = int(a)
-    if not arguments:
-        arguments = [sys.prefix]
-    for dir in arguments:
-        walk1tree(dir)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/Tools/versioncheck/pyversioncheck.py b/Tools/versioncheck/pyversioncheck.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 250d49d..0000000
--- a/Tools/versioncheck/pyversioncheck.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-"""pyversioncheck - Module to help with checking versions"""
-import urllib.request
-import email
-import sys
-
-# Verbose options
-VERBOSE_SILENT=0        # Single-line reports per package
-VERBOSE_NORMAL=1        # Single-line reports per package, more info if outdated
-VERBOSE_EACHFILE=2      # Report on each URL checked
-VERBOSE_CHECKALL=3      # Check each URL for each package
-
-# Test directory
-## urllib bug: _TESTDIR="ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/versiontestdir/"
-_TESTDIR="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/versiontestdir/"
-
-def versioncheck(package, url, version, verbose=0):
-    ok, newversion, fp = checkonly(package, url, version, verbose)
-    if verbose > VERBOSE_NORMAL:
-        return ok
-    if ok < 0:
-        print('%s: No correctly formatted current version file found'%(package))
-    elif ok == 1:
-        print('%s: up-to-date (version %s)'%(package, version))
-    else:
-        print('%s: version %s installed, version %s found:' % \
-                        (package, version, newversion))
-        if verbose > VERBOSE_SILENT:
-            while 1:
-                line = fp.readline()
-                if not line: break
-                sys.stdout.write('\t'+line)
-    return ok
-
-def checkonly(package, url, version, verbose=0):
-    if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
-        print('%s:'%package)
-    if isinstance(url, str):
-        ok, newversion, fp = _check1version(package, url, version, verbose)
-    else:
-        for u in url:
-            ok, newversion, fp = _check1version(package, u, version, verbose)
-            if ok >= 0 and verbose < VERBOSE_CHECKALL:
-                break
-    return ok, newversion, fp
-
-def _check1version(package, url, version, verbose=0):
-    if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
-        print('  Checking %s'%url)
-    try:
-        fp = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
-    except IOError as arg:
-        if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
-            print('    Cannot open:', arg)
-        return -1, None, None
-    msg = email.message_from_file(fp)
-    newversion = msg.get('current-version')
-    if not newversion:
-        if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
-            print('    No "Current-Version:" header in URL or URL not found')
-        return -1, None, None
-    version = version.lower().strip()
-    newversion = newversion.lower().strip()
-    if version == newversion:
-        if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
-            print('    Version identical (%s)'%newversion)
-        return 1, version, fp
-    else:
-        if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
-            print('    Versions different (installed: %s, new: %s)'% \
-                        (version, newversion))
-        return 0, newversion, fp
-
-
-def _test():
-    print('--- TEST VERBOSE=1')
-    print('--- Testing existing and identical version file')
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', _TESTDIR+'Version10.txt', '1.0', verbose=1)
-    print('--- Testing existing package with new version')
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', _TESTDIR+'Version11.txt', '1.0', verbose=1)
-    print('--- Testing package with non-existing version file')
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', _TESTDIR+'nonexistent.txt', '1.0', verbose=1)
-    print('--- Test package with 2 locations, first non-existing second ok')
-    versfiles = [_TESTDIR+'nonexistent.txt', _TESTDIR+'Version10.txt']
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', versfiles, '1.0', verbose=1)
-    print('--- TEST VERBOSE=2')
-    print('--- Testing existing and identical version file')
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', _TESTDIR+'Version10.txt', '1.0', verbose=2)
-    print('--- Testing existing package with new version')
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', _TESTDIR+'Version11.txt', '1.0', verbose=2)
-    print('--- Testing package with non-existing version file')
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', _TESTDIR+'nonexistent.txt', '1.0', verbose=2)
-    print('--- Test package with 2 locations, first non-existing second ok')
-    versfiles = [_TESTDIR+'nonexistent.txt', _TESTDIR+'Version10.txt']
-    versioncheck('VersionTestPackage', versfiles, '1.0', verbose=2)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    _test()