diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index a69d4db..630286f 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         if name:
             self._name = name
         else:
-            self._name = 'PY_VAR' + `_varnum`
+            self._name = 'PY_VAR' + repr(_varnum)
             _varnum += 1
         if value != None:
             self.set(value)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 53f3dc8..9fa594e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #1524429: Use repr() instead of backticks in Tkinter again.
+
 - Bug #1520914: Change time.strftime() to accept a zero for any position in its
   argument tuple.  For arguments where zero is illegal, the value is forced to
   the minimum value that is correct.  This is to support an undocumented but