diff --git a/build/generate_node_defines.py b/build/generate_node_defines.py
index 8f05f3881f6f..31e43d3c66b3 100755
--- a/build/generate_node_defines.py
+++ b/build/generate_node_defines.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 
-DEFINE_EXTRACT_REGEX = re.compile('^ *# *define (\w*)', re.MULTILINE)
+DEFINE_EXTRACT_REGEX = re.compile(r'^ *# *define (\w*)', re.MULTILINE)
 
 def main(out_dir, headers):
   defines = []
diff --git a/script/generate-config-gypi.py b/script/generate-config-gypi.py
index 19e3f86be5ea..58c973bc7000 100755
--- a/script/generate-config-gypi.py
+++ b/script/generate-config-gypi.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import pprint
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from lib.config import get_target_arch
 
 ELECTRON_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, '..', '..'))
 NODE_DIR = os.path.join(ELECTRON_DIR, '..', 'third_party', 'electron_node')
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ def read_electron_args():
     for line in file_in:
       if line.startswith('#'):
         continue
-      m = re.match('(\w+) = (.+)', line)
-      if m == None:
+      m = re.match(r'(\w+) = (.+)', line)
+      if m is None:
         continue
       args[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
   return args
diff --git a/script/zip-symbols.py b/script/zip-symbols.py
index 0f7785ad8b1d..2b365566b386 100755
--- a/script/zip-symbols.py
+++ b/script/zip-symbols.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import glob
 import os
 import sys
 
-from lib.config import PLATFORM, get_target_arch
+from lib.config import PLATFORM
 from lib.util import scoped_cwd, get_electron_version, make_zip, \
                      get_electron_branding, get_out_dir, execute