diff --git a/Tools/scripts/abitype.py b/Tools/scripts/abitype.py
index 4d96c8b..ab0ba42 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/abitype.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/abitype.py
@@ -3,34 +3,6 @@
 # Usage: abitype.py < old_code > new_code
 import re, sys
 
-############ Simplistic C scanner ##################################
-tokenizer = re.compile(
-    r"(?P<preproc>#.*\n)"
-    r"|(?P<comment>/\*.*?\*/)"
-    r"|(?P<ident>[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)"
-    r"|(?P<ws>[ \t\n]+)"
-    r"|(?P<other>.)",
-    re.MULTILINE)
-
-tokens = []
-source = sys.stdin.read()
-pos = 0
-while pos != len(source):
-    m = tokenizer.match(source, pos)
-    tokens.append([m.lastgroup, m.group()])
-    pos += len(tokens[-1][1])
-    if tokens[-1][0] == 'preproc':
-        # continuation lines are considered
-        # only in preprocess statements
-        while tokens[-1][1].endswith('\\\n'):
-            nl = source.find('\n', pos)
-            if nl == -1:
-                line = source[pos:]
-            else:
-                line = source[pos:nl+1]
-            tokens[-1][1] += line
-            pos += len(line)
-
 ###### Replacement of PyTypeObject static instances ##############
 
 # classify each token, giving it a one-letter code:
@@ -79,7 +51,7 @@
     while tokens[pos][0] in ('ws', 'comment'):
         pos += 1
     if tokens[pos][1] != 'PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT':
-        raise Exception, '%s has no PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT' % name
+        raise Exception('%s has no PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT' % name)
     while tokens[pos][1] != ')':
         pos += 1
     pos += 1
@@ -183,18 +155,48 @@
     return '\n'.join(res)
 
 
-# Main loop: replace all static PyTypeObjects until
-# there are none left.
-while 1:
-    c = classify()
-    m = re.search('(SW)?TWIW?=W?{.*?};', c)
-    if not m:
-        break
-    start = m.start()
-    end = m.end()
-    name, fields = get_fields(start, m)
-    tokens[start:end] = [('',make_slots(name, fields))]
+if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-# Output result to stdout
-for t, v in tokens:
-    sys.stdout.write(v)
+    ############ Simplistic C scanner ##################################
+    tokenizer = re.compile(
+        r"(?P<preproc>#.*\n)"
+        r"|(?P<comment>/\*.*?\*/)"
+        r"|(?P<ident>[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)"
+        r"|(?P<ws>[ \t\n]+)"
+        r"|(?P<other>.)",
+        re.MULTILINE)
+
+    tokens = []
+    source = sys.stdin.read()
+    pos = 0
+    while pos != len(source):
+        m = tokenizer.match(source, pos)
+        tokens.append([m.lastgroup, m.group()])
+        pos += len(tokens[-1][1])
+        if tokens[-1][0] == 'preproc':
+            # continuation lines are considered
+            # only in preprocess statements
+            while tokens[-1][1].endswith('\\\n'):
+                nl = source.find('\n', pos)
+                if nl == -1:
+                    line = source[pos:]
+                else:
+                    line = source[pos:nl+1]
+                tokens[-1][1] += line
+                pos += len(line)
+
+    # Main loop: replace all static PyTypeObjects until
+    # there are none left.
+    while 1:
+        c = classify()
+        m = re.search('(SW)?TWIW?=W?{.*?};', c)
+        if not m:
+            break
+        start = m.start()
+        end = m.end()
+        name, fields = get_fields(start, m)
+        tokens[start:end] = [('',make_slots(name, fields))]
+
+    # Output result to stdout
+    for t, v in tokens:
+        sys.stdout.write(v)
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py b/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py
index 443f052..7a86603 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py
@@ -106,14 +106,16 @@
     else:
         print("Yikes!")
 
-limit = 1000
-while 1:
-    check_limit(limit, "test_recurse")
-    check_limit(limit, "test_add")
-    check_limit(limit, "test_repr")
-    check_limit(limit, "test_init")
-    check_limit(limit, "test_getattr")
-    check_limit(limit, "test_getitem")
-    check_limit(limit, "test_cpickle")
-    print("Limit of %d is fine" % limit)
-    limit = limit + 100
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    limit = 1000
+    while 1:
+        check_limit(limit, "test_recurse")
+        check_limit(limit, "test_add")
+        check_limit(limit, "test_repr")
+        check_limit(limit, "test_init")
+        check_limit(limit, "test_getattr")
+        check_limit(limit, "test_getitem")
+        check_limit(limit, "test_cpickle")
+        print("Limit of %d is fine" % limit)
+        limit = limit + 100
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/findnocoding.py b/Tools/scripts/findnocoding.py
index 77607ce..a494a48 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/findnocoding.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/findnocoding.py
@@ -76,29 +76,31 @@
     -c: recognize Python source files trying to compile them
     -d: debug output""" % sys.argv[0]
 
-try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'cd')
-except getopt.error as msg:
-    print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
-    print(usage, file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-is_python = pysource.looks_like_python
-debug = False
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'cd')
+    except getopt.error as msg:
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+        print(usage, file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
 
-for o, a in opts:
-    if o == '-c':
-        is_python = pysource.can_be_compiled
-    elif o == '-d':
-        debug = True
+    is_python = pysource.looks_like_python
+    debug = False
 
-if not args:
-    print(usage, file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
+    for o, a in opts:
+        if o == '-c':
+            is_python = pysource.can_be_compiled
+        elif o == '-d':
+            debug = True
 
-for fullpath in pysource.walk_python_files(args, is_python):
-    if debug:
-        print("Testing for coding: %s" % fullpath)
-    result = needs_declaration(fullpath)
-    if result:
-        print(fullpath)
+    if not args:
+        print(usage, file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    for fullpath in pysource.walk_python_files(args, is_python):
+        if debug:
+            print("Testing for coding: %s" % fullpath)
+        result = needs_declaration(fullpath)
+        if result:
+            print(fullpath)
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/fixcid.py b/Tools/scripts/fixcid.py
index 2d4cd1a..87e2a09 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/fixcid.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/fixcid.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
         if not words: continue
         if len(words) == 3 and words[0] == 'struct':
             words[:2] = [words[0] + ' ' + words[1]]
-        elif len(words) <> 2:
+        elif len(words) != 2:
             err(substfile + '%s:%r: warning: bad line: %r' % (substfile, lineno, line))
             continue
         if Reverse:
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/md5sum.py b/Tools/scripts/md5sum.py
index 743da72..521960c 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/md5sum.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/md5sum.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import getopt
-import md5
+from hashlib import md5
 
 def sum(*files):
     sts = 0
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/parseentities.py b/Tools/scripts/parseentities.py
index 5b0f1c6..a042d1c 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/parseentities.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/parseentities.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 """
 import re,sys
-import TextTools
 
 entityRE = re.compile('<!ENTITY +(\w+) +CDATA +"([^"]+)" +-- +((?:.|\n)+?) *-->')
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
                 charcode = repr(charcode)
         else:
             charcode = repr(charcode)
-        comment = TextTools.collapse(comment)
+        comment = ' '.join(comment.split())
         f.write("    '%s':\t%s,  \t# %s\n" % (name,charcode,comment))
     f.write('\n}\n')