diff --git a/contrib/fixpax.py b/contrib/fixpax.py
--- a/contrib/fixpax.py
+++ b/contrib/fixpax.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ Suitable for fixing files bdist_mpkg out
 *.mpkg/Contents/Packages/*.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz
 """
 
-import sys, os, gzip
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+import gzip
+import os
+import sys
 
 def fixpax(iname, oname):
     i = gzip.GzipFile(iname)
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ def fixpax(iname, oname):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     for iname in sys.argv[1:]:
-        print 'fixing file ownership in %s' % iname
+        print('fixing file ownership in %s' % iname)
         oname = sys.argv[1] + '.tmp'
         fixpax(iname, oname)
         os.rename(oname, iname)
diff --git a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
--- a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
   contrib/check-code.py not using absolute_import
   contrib/check-code.py requires print_function
   contrib/debugshell.py not using absolute_import
-  contrib/fixpax.py not using absolute_import
-  contrib/fixpax.py requires print_function
   contrib/hgclient.py not using absolute_import
   contrib/hgclient.py requires print_function
   contrib/hgfixes/fix_bytes.py not using absolute_import