diff --git a/check_blender_release/check_module_enabled.py b/check_blender_release/check_module_enabled.py
index b7082a3660741b61498720bc5bac8447fe1e4c69..3f0b033c98c73858f1af894eb2538143bc608492 100644
--- a/check_blender_release/check_module_enabled.py
+++ b/check_blender_release/check_module_enabled.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 import unittest
 
 from check_utils import (sliceCommandLineArguments,
diff --git a/check_blender_release/check_module_numpy.py b/check_blender_release/check_module_numpy.py
index d70d1c27c172f4e856de9ed0a886e48668248635..516b325b34d6636e2ba08a531748644579a70e55 100644
--- a/check_blender_release/check_module_numpy.py
+++ b/check_blender_release/check_module_numpy.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 import unittest
 
 from check_utils import (sliceCommandLineArguments,
diff --git a/check_blender_release/check_module_requests.py b/check_blender_release/check_module_requests.py
index 34842b26fc9435be86a11a4b8399347a1b540719..de355e66e4aeeff90446421884e511f95a7a622a 100644
--- a/check_blender_release/check_module_requests.py
+++ b/check_blender_release/check_module_requests.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 import unittest
 
 from check_utils import (sliceCommandLineArguments,
diff --git a/check_blender_release/check_release.py b/check_blender_release/check_release.py
index 5112367650581dcb681c63126da43b2238f5fb93..f06187769b939bc0144f1b98521651e75989fbad 100755
--- a/check_blender_release/check_release.py
+++ b/check_blender_release/check_release.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # Usage: ./check_release.py -- ../path/to/release/folder
 
 
diff --git a/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py b/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py
index 04bfa44ff63bb1ccbc36b90c02341e64749efb75..e72b0a26e136751ee214c993aca62b3988def7ff 100644
--- a/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py
+++ b/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
diff --git a/check_blender_release/check_utils.py b/check_blender_release/check_utils.py
index a87daca231ab4b072032b20d101a5fafba981f80..f7fb327d10dac4809e88dc72ed649bba492f6b5c 100644
--- a/check_blender_release/check_utils.py
+++ b/check_blender_release/check_utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 
 import unittest
 
diff --git a/check_source/check_cmake_consistency.py b/check_source/check_cmake_consistency.py
index c34b07d8bdd3acba158cc4c0a3d40d93a4dcb3e5..c1f0a559dde2264996df23bd4654153fb8fce7b5 100755
--- a/check_source/check_cmake_consistency.py
+++ b/check_source/check_cmake_consistency.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # Note: this code should be cleaned up / refactored.
 
 import sys
diff --git a/check_source/check_deprecated.py b/check_source/check_deprecated.py
index 84d4d0009ec113c57db28b5b1b371fc759c5c563..8b8b8d606d5bc3e47b22f03c9377c2e6e61e975a 100644
--- a/check_source/check_deprecated.py
+++ b/check_source/check_deprecated.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 Utility for reporting deprecated code which should be removed,
 noted by the date which must be included with the *DEPRECATED* comment.
diff --git a/check_source/check_descriptions.py b/check_source/check_descriptions.py
index 412d980d8ae197d9106e6c7fd78647bffde3d666..ba6f3afa9e93c5601976b0a11220bec266cb33ef 100644
--- a/check_source/check_descriptions.py
+++ b/check_source/check_descriptions.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 this script updates XML themes once new settings are added
 
diff --git a/check_source/check_header_duplicate.py b/check_source/check_header_duplicate.py
index f8215b4cad1fb037c50290f6f5c88c744ba9218f..c6fa37426060b63ced50017d9ae90317cdb60234 100755
--- a/check_source/check_header_duplicate.py
+++ b/check_source/check_header_duplicate.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 Run this script to check if headers are included multiple times.
 
diff --git a/check_source/check_spelling.py b/check_source/check_spelling.py
index 4e3fc02e03f326351984c123f72d592121a9cce6..c4b870359a8442c734c98aa0f956c54dce284e44 100755
--- a/check_source/check_spelling.py
+++ b/check_source/check_spelling.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 Script for checking source code spelling.
 
diff --git a/check_source/check_spelling_c_config.py b/check_source/check_spelling_c_config.py
index 5e6cd313d04845bbbaf4909e6ebd32efca81f515..b9afec7a6fb7aee251140727b97ed0416f5867bf 100644
--- a/check_source/check_spelling_c_config.py
+++ b/check_source/check_spelling_c_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # these must be all lower case for comparisons
 
 dict_custom = {
diff --git a/git/git_sort_commits.py b/git/git_sort_commits.py
index 25208fad00905abaf3c02c68b2430a0880889e12..b228d7f851f816c4c6ab2c161d6bd5f26800a311 100755
--- a/git/git_sort_commits.py
+++ b/git/git_sort_commits.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 Sort commits by date (oldest first)
 (useful for collecting commits to cherry pick)
diff --git a/utils/blend2json.py b/utils/blend2json.py
index 81c10fb0dbe59339266bb435d7895948e86a7287..af463b3eb887067e6bdcd9941104002a5bf020e4 100755
--- a/utils/blend2json.py
+++ b/utils/blend2json.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright 2015 Blender Foundation - Bastien Montagne.
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 
 """
 This is a tool for generating a JSon version of a blender file (only its structure, or all its data included).
diff --git a/utils/blender_keyconfig_export_permutations.py b/utils/blender_keyconfig_export_permutations.py
index f199822dadaf09f956486d794f2abfd6bc67f16e..7b2a57a55c35587d54bcbf075f22ead238699669 100755
--- a/utils/blender_keyconfig_export_permutations.py
+++ b/utils/blender_keyconfig_export_permutations.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8-80 compliant>
-
 
 r"""
 This script exports permutations of key-maps with different settings modified.
diff --git a/utils/blender_theme_as_c.py b/utils/blender_theme_as_c.py
index 16a7c13c3f4fd1f8cc8b1ec9d7bd3ece1b122a78..acdb6ac77d1465f52a76e7b50e657bb408f32472 100755
--- a/utils/blender_theme_as_c.py
+++ b/utils/blender_theme_as_c.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 Generates 'userdef_default_theme.c' from a 'userpref.blend' file.
 
diff --git a/utils/credits_git_gen.py b/utils/credits_git_gen.py
index 9084bbf14808d482647961b015e10b497bc5ad1d..6c6c61086097ad39ae4de49fe5b317100f3d502d 100755
--- a/utils/credits_git_gen.py
+++ b/utils/credits_git_gen.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 Example use:
 
diff --git a/utils/gdb_struct_repr_c99.py b/utils/gdb_struct_repr_c99.py
index 8af197747ce03ef5862a580a3a23419161f515c2..864fee4cbd996c199f3cded165280e5383c74b47 100644
--- a/utils/gdb_struct_repr_c99.py
+++ b/utils/gdb_struct_repr_c99.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8-80 compliant>
-
 '''
 Define the command 'print_struct_c99' for gdb,
 useful for creating a literal for a nested runtime struct.
diff --git a/utils/git_log.py b/utils/git_log.py
index 8bba453ae0d1b918ec3f8a819ec7c1cbcad326ff..d8d24a59b05debc59bb9a3da9d004e2c7ff65d2b 100644
--- a/utils/git_log.py
+++ b/utils/git_log.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # Simple module for inspecting git commits
 
 import os
diff --git a/utils/git_log_review_commits.py b/utils/git_log_review_commits.py
index 1395d0f44f8938f2bc0099840aa0e2406f428c1a..e5d124df5b5031d584247670b0ae4ceced0c5d84 100755
--- a/utils/git_log_review_commits.py
+++ b/utils/git_log_review_commits.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 This is a tool for reviewing commit ranges, writing into accept/reject files.
 
diff --git a/utils/git_log_review_commits_advanced.py b/utils/git_log_review_commits_advanced.py
index 6f8fe492dc5d8b052b96186d46d03d7ea6fa5ee8..aa3f51d101fef9d45a633cbd4919db9bb4d809e4 100755
--- a/utils/git_log_review_commits_advanced.py
+++ b/utils/git_log_review_commits_advanced.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 """
 This is a tool for reviewing commit ranges, writing into accept/reject files,
 and optionally generate release-log-ready data.
diff --git a/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py b/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py
index 68805fa9797af8a82ad09e00a88e3c7e1d7883f5..ad84bb67415a09ff9cb8fc6cabeb16a42fd3f2ae 100644
--- a/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py
+++ b/utils/make_gl_stipple_from_xpm.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8-80 compliant>
-
 # Converts 32x32 XPM images written be the gimp to GL stipples
 # takes XPM files as arguments, prints out C style definitions.
 
diff --git a/utils_api/bpy_introspect_ui.py b/utils_api/bpy_introspect_ui.py
index a22518d367a9adaa557c4e343d38f6867f2cdd1b..89dc883e6e2a281b206597ee141104da48a2e124 100644
--- a/utils_api/bpy_introspect_ui.py
+++ b/utils_api/bpy_introspect_ui.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # This script dumps ui definitions as XML.
 # useful for finding bad api usage.
 
diff --git a/utils_maintenance/blender_menu_search_coverage.py b/utils_maintenance/blender_menu_search_coverage.py
index 626f2547f131ded07f381fb1819883aa06b94761..9df4618d85d058d8c3a0cfe56dd3334577798c97 100644
--- a/utils_maintenance/blender_menu_search_coverage.py
+++ b/utils_maintenance/blender_menu_search_coverage.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # Example usage:
 #
 # ./blender.bin --factory-startup \
diff --git a/utils_maintenance/blender_update_themes.py b/utils_maintenance/blender_update_themes.py
index 5b4c39298b4147ad00acf632b2574c0b37b98664..cb5916fe9873547a6309e6763e7a15dd8ac94010 100644
--- a/utils_maintenance/blender_update_themes.py
+++ b/utils_maintenance/blender_update_themes.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8 compliant>
-
 # this script updates XML themes once new settings are added
 #
 #  ./blender.bin --background --python ./source/tools/utils_maintenance/blender_update_themes.py
diff --git a/utils_maintenance/code_clean.py b/utils_maintenance/code_clean.py
index ca570d9792cdcf191ea41f64a897853149782b34..5e325dfb4428e56e056ac3586a404c5ce50076e2 100755
--- a/utils_maintenance/code_clean.py
+++ b/utils_maintenance/code_clean.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-# <pep8-80 compliant>
-
 """
 Example:
   ./source/tools/utils/code_clean.py /src/cmake_debug --match ".*/editmesh_.*" --fix=use_const_vars