diff --git a/lib/ansible/compat/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/compat/__init__.py
index e77b77d2a6..2990c6f54c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/compat/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/compat/__init__.py
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ Compat library for ansible.  This contains compatibility definitions for older p
 When we need to import a module differently depending on python version, do it
 here.  Then in the code we can simply import from compat in order to get what we want.
 '''
-
diff --git a/lib/ansible/compat/selectors/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/compat/selectors/__init__.py
index 149656766f..6458438d6d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/compat/selectors/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/compat/selectors/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Compat selectors library.  Python-3.5 has this builtin.  The selectors2
 package exists on pypi to backport the functionality as far as python-2.6.
 '''
 # The following makes it easier for us to script updates of the bundled code
-_BUNDLED_METADATA = { "pypi_name": "selectors2", "version": "1.1.0" }
+_BUNDLED_METADATA = {"pypi_name": "selectors2", "version": "1.1.0"}
 
 import os.path
 import sys
diff --git a/lib/ansible/compat/tests/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/compat/tests/__init__.py
index fc05b2549b..fe8fef59bb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/compat/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/compat/tests/__init__.py
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ except ImportError:
     BUILTINS = 'builtins'
 else:
     BUILTINS = '__builtin__'
-
diff --git a/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt b/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
index 76e353f92b..7836a5b5e8 100644
--- a/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
 lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
 lib/ansible/cli/pull.py
 lib/ansible/cli/vault.py
-lib/ansible/compat/__init__.py
-lib/ansible/compat/selectors/__init__.py
-lib/ansible/compat/tests/__init__.py
 lib/ansible/constants.py
 lib/ansible/executor/__init__.py
 lib/ansible/executor/action_write_locks.py