diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tools.py b/Lib/test/test_tools.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tools.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 
 srcdir = sysconfig.get_config_var('projectbase')
 basepath = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), srcdir, 'Tools')
+scriptsdir = os.path.join(basepath, 'scripts')
 
 
 class ReindentTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    script = os.path.join(basepath, 'scripts', 'reindent.py')
+    script = os.path.join(scriptsdir, 'reindent.py')
 
     def test_noargs(self):
         assert_python_ok(self.script)
@@ -31,8 +32,21 @@
         self.assertGreater(err, b'')
 
 
+class TestSundry(unittest.TestCase):
+    # At least make sure the rest don't have syntax errors.  When tests are
+    # added for a script it should be removed from this test.
+
+    def test_sundry(self):
+        with support.DirsOnSysPath(scriptsdir):
+            print(os.listdir(scriptsdir))
+            for fn in os.listdir(scriptsdir):
+                if fn.endswith('.py'):
+                    __import__(fn[:-3])
+
+
 def test_main():
-    support.run_unittest(ReindentTests)
+    support.run_unittest(*[obj for obj in globals().values()
+                               if isinstance(obj, type)])
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/abitype.py b/Tools/scripts/abitype.py
--- a/Tools/scripts/abitype.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/abitype.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     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