diff --git a/web_infrastructure/deploy_helper.py b/web_infrastructure/deploy_helper.py
index ebf5b54a8bd..b956e38d260 100644
--- a/web_infrastructure/deploy_helper.py
+++ b/web_infrastructure/deploy_helper.py
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ procedure to remove it during cleanup.
 - debug: var=deploy_helper
 
 '''
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 
 class DeployHelper(object):
 
@@ -282,7 +285,8 @@ class DeployHelper(object):
         if not self.module.check_mode:
             try:
                 shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=False)
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception:
+                e = get_exception()
                 self.module.fail_json(msg="rmtree failed: %s" % str(e))
 
         return True
@@ -468,8 +472,7 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/web_infrastructure/ejabberd_user.py b/web_infrastructure/ejabberd_user.py
index bf86806ad52..85e5eda8e5f 100644
--- a/web_infrastructure/ejabberd_user.py
+++ b/web_infrastructure/ejabberd_user.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ Example playbook entries using the ejabberd_user module to manage users state.
       action: ejabberd_user username=test host=server state=absent
 '''
 import syslog
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 class EjabberdUserException(Exception):
     """ Base exeption for EjabberdUser class object """
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         try:
             options = [self.user, self.host, self.pwd]
             (rc, out, err) = self.run_command('check_password', options)
-        except EjabberdUserException, e:
+        except EjabberdUserException:
+            e = get_exception()
             (rc, out, err) = (1, None, "required attribute(s) missing")
         return rc
 
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         try:
             options = [self.user, self.host]
             (rc, out, err) = self.run_command('check_account', options)
-        except EjabberdUserException, e:
+        except EjabberdUserException:
+            e = get_exception()
             (rc, out, err) = (1, None, "required attribute(s) missing")
         return not bool(int(rc))
 
@@ -139,7 +143,8 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         try:
             options = [self.user, self.host, self.pwd]
             (rc, out, err) = self.run_command('change_password', options)
-        except EjabberdUserException, e:
+        except EjabberdUserException:
+            e = get_exception()
             (rc, out, err) = (1, None, "required attribute(s) missing")
         return (rc, out, err)
 
@@ -150,7 +155,8 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         try:
             options = [self.user, self.host, self.pwd]
             (rc, out, err) = self.run_command('register', options)
-        except EjabberdUserException, e:
+        except EjabberdUserException:
+            e = get_exception()
             (rc, out, err) = (1, None, "required attribute(s) missing")
         return (rc, out, err)
 
@@ -160,7 +166,8 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         try:
             options = [self.user, self.host]
             (rc, out, err) = self.run_command('unregister', options)
-        except EjabberdUserException, e:
+        except EjabberdUserException:
+            e = get_exception()
             (rc, out, err) = (1, None, "required attribute(s) missing")
         return (rc, out, err)
 
@@ -209,6 +216,4 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 main()
diff --git a/web_infrastructure/jira.py b/web_infrastructure/jira.py
index 42d5e092974..0053e0a32cd 100755
--- a/web_infrastructure/jira.py
+++ b/web_infrastructure/jira.py
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ except ImportError:
 
 import base64
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
+
 def request(url, user, passwd, data=None, method=None):
     if data:
         data = json.dumps(data)
@@ -343,13 +347,13 @@ def main():
 
         ret = method(restbase, user, passwd, module.params)
 
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception:
+        e = get_exception()
         return module.fail_json(msg=e.message)
 
 
     module.exit_json(changed=True, meta=ret)
 
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
+
 main()