diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 97334f8..a489524 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
     from os.path import join, isdir, islink
 
     # We may not have read permission for top, in which case we can't
-    # get a list of the files the directory contains.  os.path.walk
+    # get a list of the files the directory contains.  os.walk
     # always suppressed the exception then, rather than blow up for a
     # minor reason when (say) a thousand readable directories are still
     # left to visit.  That logic is copied here.
diff --git a/Mac/Tools/Doc/setup.py b/Mac/Tools/Doc/setup.py
index b020b40..a35152c 100644
--- a/Mac/Tools/Doc/setup.py
+++ b/Mac/Tools/Doc/setup.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
     def hackHtml(self):
         self.r = re.compile('<dl><dd>')
-        os.path.walk(self.build_html, self.visit, None)
+        os.walk(self.build_html, self.visit, None)
 
     def visit(self, dummy, dirname, filenames):
         for f in filenames:
diff --git a/Mac/scripts/cachersrc.py b/Mac/scripts/cachersrc.py
index e0e8415..49a20c0 100644
--- a/Mac/scripts/cachersrc.py
+++ b/Mac/scripts/cachersrc.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         if o == '-f':
             force = 1
     for dir in sys.argv[1:]:
-        os.path.walk(dir, handler, (verbose, force))
+        os.walk(dir, handler, (verbose, force))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/Mac/scripts/zappycfiles.py b/Mac/scripts/zappycfiles.py
index 77258da..b377e0d 100644
--- a/Mac/scripts/zappycfiles.py
+++ b/Mac/scripts/zappycfiles.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         zappyc(dir)
 
 def zappyc(dir):
-    os.path.walk(dir, walker, None)
+    os.walk(dir, walker, None)
 
 def walker(dummy, top, names):
     for name in names:
diff --git a/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py b/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
index 69a19ef..4f0866e 100755
--- a/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
+++ b/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
     if os.path.isdir(name):
         # find all python files in directory
         list = []
-        os.path.walk(name, _visit_pyfiles, list)
+        os.walk(name, _visit_pyfiles, list)
         return list
     elif os.path.exists(name):
         # a single file
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/findlinksto.py b/Tools/scripts/findlinksto.py
index 4fde30d..d3da7e4 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/findlinksto.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/findlinksto.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     pat, dirs = args[0], args[1:]
     prog = re.compile(pat)
     for dirname in dirs:
-        os.path.walk(dirname, visit, prog)
+        os.walk(dirname, visit, prog)
 
 def visit(prog, dirname, names):
     if os.path.islink(dirname):
diff --git a/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py b/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py
index ccb544d..f110cac 100644
--- a/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py
+++ b/Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             print('** Exception in', fullname)
 
 def walk1tree(tree):
-    os.path.walk(tree, check1dir, None)
+    os.walk(tree, check1dir, None)
 
 def main():
     global VERBOSE
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 736fa21..d2e36b4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@
 
     def set_dir_modes(self, dirname, mode):
         if not self.is_chmod_supported(): return
-        os.path.walk(dirname, self.set_dir_modes_visitor, mode)
+        os.walk(dirname, self.set_dir_modes_visitor, mode)
 
     def set_dir_modes_visitor(self, mode, dirname, names):
         if os.path.islink(dirname): return