diff --git a/tools/check_valid_gerrit_projects.py b/tools/check_valid_gerrit_projects.py
index c05807a411..343fe6b600 100755
--- a/tools/check_valid_gerrit_projects.py
+++ b/tools/check_valid_gerrit_projects.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ for p in projects:
         print("Error: Entry is not a project %s" % p)
         continue
     if args.verbose:
-        print 'Checking %s' % (name)
+        print('Checking %s' % name)
     description = p.get('description')
     if not description and repo_group in DESCRIPTION_REQUIRED:
         found_errors += 1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c47de0b8f3..6b6d1bc3aa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ commands =
   jenkins-jobs -l debug test -o {envdir}/tmp jenkins/jobs
 
 [testenv:jenkins-project]
-basepython = python2.7
 deps =
 commands =
   {toxinidir}/tools/jenkins-projects-checks.py