diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/cyberark/cyberark_authentication.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/cyberark/cyberark_authentication.py
index 416c08cbdf1..ad576eec5ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/cyberark/cyberark_authentication.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/cyberark/cyberark_authentication.py
@@ -1,21 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
                     'supported_by': 'community',
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py
index 8e3ff794af1..f146add5177 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py
@@ -1,22 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# (c) 2017, Abhijeet Kasurde (akasurde@redhat.com)
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Abhijeet Kasurde (akasurde@redhat.com)
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
     'metadata_version': '1.0',
@@ -118,9 +106,11 @@ dnsrecord:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class DNSRecordIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -229,9 +219,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, record = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, record=record)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_group.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_group.py
index 2132c3ee220..4f72edce6ee 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_group.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -140,9 +131,11 @@ group:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class GroupIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -280,9 +273,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, group = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, group=group)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hbacrule.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hbacrule.py
index 2afee04611e..6d1ed4c6338 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hbacrule.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hbacrule.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -171,9 +162,11 @@ hbacrule:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class HBACRuleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -374,9 +367,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, hbacrule = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, hbacrule=hbacrule)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_host.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_host.py
index c6c1c96ce64..a37055f9515 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_host.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_host.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -165,9 +156,11 @@ host_diff:
   type: list
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class HostIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -292,10 +285,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, host = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, host=host)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
-
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hostgroup.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hostgroup.py
index 276b5266920..66ac5743cf3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hostgroup.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_hostgroup.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -118,9 +109,11 @@ hostgroup:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class HostGroupIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -242,9 +235,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, hostgroup = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, hostgroup=hostgroup)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_role.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_role.py
index 1d6959b9b3e..1604434b0f9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_role.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_role.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -160,9 +151,11 @@ role:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class RoleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -332,9 +325,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, role = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, role=role)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmd.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmd.py
index 13ba6d90483..db1daca27fb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmd.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmd.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -97,9 +88,11 @@ sudocmd:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class SudoCmdIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -187,9 +180,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, sudocmd = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, sudocmd=sudocmd)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmdgroup.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmdgroup.py
index 10af297fc3c..9becc988674 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmdgroup.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudocmdgroup.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -104,9 +95,11 @@ sudocmdgroup:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class SudoCmdGroupIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -213,10 +206,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, sudocmdgroup = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, sudorule=sudocmdgroup)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
-
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudorule.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudorule.py
index 60687543f5a..dd25d348207 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudorule.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_sudorule.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -156,9 +147,11 @@ sudorule:
   type: dict
 '''
 
+import traceback
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class SudoRuleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -381,9 +374,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, sudorule = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, sudorule=sudorule)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_user.py
index 8d6b997f3c5..5a7bef17ea9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_user.py
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -143,10 +134,11 @@ user:
 
 import base64
 import hashlib
+import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
 class UserIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -328,9 +320,8 @@ def main():
                      password=module.params['ipa_pass'])
         changed, user = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, user=user)
-    except Exception:
-        e = get_exception()
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/opendj/opendj_backendprop.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/opendj/opendj_backendprop.py
index 1bc85014719..4e88df83503 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/opendj/opendj_backendprop.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/opendj/opendj_backendprop.py
@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: (c) 2016, Werner Dijkerman (ikben@werner-dijkerman.nl)
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# (c) 2016, Werner Dijkerman (ikben@werner-dijkerman.nl)
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
                     'status': ['preview'],
@@ -97,6 +85,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 RETURN = '''
 '''
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
 
 class BackendProp(object):
 
@@ -209,8 +199,5 @@ def main():
     else:
         module.exit_json(changed=False)
 
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/boilerplate.sh b/test/sanity/code-smell/boilerplate.sh
index 4d5830f1529..270e487c0e0 100755
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/boilerplate.sh
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/boilerplate.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ future2=$(find ./lib/ansible -path ./lib/ansible/modules -prune \
 
 # Eventually we want metaclass3 and future3 to get down to 0
 metaclass3=$(find ./lib/ansible/modules -path ./lib/ansible/modules/windows -prune \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/identity -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/files -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/database/proxysql -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt -prune \
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ metaclass3=$(find ./lib/ansible/modules -path ./lib/ansible/modules/windows -pru
         -o -name '*.py' -type f -size +0c -exec grep -HL '__metaclass__ = type' '{}' '+')
 
 future3=$(find ./lib/ansible/modules -path ./lib/ansible/modules/windows -prune \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/identity -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/files -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/database/proxysql -prune \
         -o -path ./lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt -prune \
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ future3=$(find ./lib/ansible/modules -path ./lib/ansible/modules/windows -prune
 # network/netvisor
 # network/aos [!]
 # network/vyos [i]
-# identity [!]
 # network/lenovo
 # network/panos [!]
 # network/junos [i]