diff --git a/README b/README
index 202005e1..136af7dd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ how to create a waf file using the compat15 module:
 $ ./waf-light --tools=compat15 --prelude=$'\tfrom waflib.extras import compat15\n'
 
 Any kind of initialization is possible, though one may prefer the build system kit (folder build_system_kit):
-$ ./waf-light --make-waf --tools=compat15,/comp/waf/aba.py --prelude=$'\tfrom waflib.extras import compat15\n\tprint "ok"'
+$ ./waf-light --make-waf --tools=compat15,/comp/waf/aba.py --prelude=$'\tfrom waflib.extras import compat15\n\tprint("ok")'
 
 HOW TO TRY THE EXAMPLES
 -----------------------
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ $ git remote add code https://code.google.com/p/waf.docs/
 $ git push code
 
 ---------------------------
-Thomas Nagy, 2012 (ita)
+Thomas Nagy, 2013 (ita)
 
diff --git a/playground/compress/wscript b/playground/compress/wscript
index 14352771..fc14c62e 100644
--- a/playground/compress/wscript
+++ b/playground/compress/wscript
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def try_compress(self):
 			store[1] = siz
 			os.rename(filename, self.generator.bld.bldnode.abspath() + os.sep + 'max%d.tar.%s' % (siz, ext))
 		else:
-			os.unlink(filename)
+			os.remove(filename)
 	finally:
 		lock.release()
 
diff --git a/playground/maxjobs2/compute/wscript b/playground/maxjobs2/compute/wscript
index 12bb513d..b95da2a3 100644
--- a/playground/maxjobs2/compute/wscript
+++ b/playground/maxjobs2/compute/wscript
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ def lock_maxjob(self):
 
 def release_maxjob(self):
 	# release the lock file
-	print "> long task %d" % (time.time() - self.start_time)
+	print("> long task %d" % (time.time() - self.start_time))
 	try:
-		os.unlink(self.generator.bld.lockfile)
+		os.remove(self.generator.bld.lockfile)
 		os.close(self.lockfd)
 	except OSError, e:
 		# of someone else has removed the lock... bad luck! but do not fail here
diff --git a/playground/top_eq_out/wscript b/playground/top_eq_out/wscript
index 5699223e..8142c10d 100644
--- a/playground/top_eq_out/wscript
+++ b/playground/top_eq_out/wscript
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ def distclean(ctx):
 			if os.path.isdir(fn):
 				shutil.rmtree(fn)
 			else:
-				os.unlink(fn)
+				os.remove(fn)
 
diff --git a/playground/xilinx-ise/wscript b/playground/xilinx-ise/wscript
index e07d73b1..df467a99 100644
--- a/playground/xilinx-ise/wscript
+++ b/playground/xilinx-ise/wscript
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ run
 		for tgen in bld.get_all_task_gen():
 			for tgt in waflib.Utils.to_list(tgen.target):
 				if os.path.exists(tgt):
-					os.unlink(tgt)
+					os.remove(tgt)
 		for x in (
 		 'usage_statistics_webtalk.html',
 		 'webtalk_pn.xml',
 		 'webtalk.log',
 		 ):
 			if os.path.exists(x):
-				os.unlink(x)
+				os.remove(x)
 
 		for x in (
 		 '_ngo',
@@ -271,6 +271,6 @@ def distclean(ctx):
 			if os.path.isdir(fn):
 				shutil.rmtree(fn)
 			else:
-				os.unlink(fn)
+				os.remove(fn)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/apis/wscript b/tests/apis/wscript
index c6b2c2dc..62777a66 100755
--- a/tests/apis/wscript
+++ b/tests/apis/wscript
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def remove(path):
 	try:
 		try:
 			os.listdir(path)
-		except:
-			os.unlink(path)
+		except OSError:
+			os.remove(path)
 		else:
 			shutil.rmtree(path)
 	except:
diff --git a/waf-light b/waf-light
index 471e65b1..6299cd13 100755
--- a/waf-light
+++ b/waf-light
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def unpack_wafdir(dir):
 		import fixpy2
 		fixpy2.fixdir(dir)
 
-	os.unlink(tmp)
+	os.remove(tmp)
 	os.chdir(cwd)
 
 	try: dir = unicode(dir, 'mbcs')
diff --git a/waflib/Build.py b/waflib/Build.py
index 9ac16146..26885a9d 100644
--- a/waflib/Build.py
+++ b/waflib/Build.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class BuildContext(Context.Context):
 
 		try:
 			st = os.stat(db)
-			os.unlink(db)
+			os.remove(db)
 			if not Utils.is_win32: # win32 has no chown but we're paranoid
 				os.chown(db + '.tmp', st.st_uid, st.st_gid)
 		except (AttributeError, OSError):
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ class UninstallContext(InstallContext):
 		"""See :py:meth:`waflib.Build.InstallContext.do_link`"""
 		try:
 			if not self.progress_bar:
-				Logs.info('- unlink %s' % tgt)
+				Logs.info('- remove %s' % tgt)
 			os.remove(tgt)
 		except OSError:
 			pass
diff --git a/waflib/ConfigSet.py b/waflib/ConfigSet.py
index f3d1ccd7..32c28a5d 100644
--- a/waflib/ConfigSet.py
+++ b/waflib/ConfigSet.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ConfigSet(object):
 		Enable the *in* syntax::
 
 			if 'foo' in env:
-				print env['foo']
+				print(env['foo'])
 		"""
 		if key in self.table: return True
 		try: return self.parent.__contains__(key)
diff --git a/waflib/Node.py b/waflib/Node.py
index 2b48f217..dce98fda 100644
--- a/waflib/Node.py
+++ b/waflib/Node.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class Node(object):
 			if hasattr(self, 'children'):
 				shutil.rmtree(self.abspath())
 			else:
-				os.unlink(self.abspath())
+				os.remove(self.abspath())
 		except OSError:
 			pass
 		self.evict()
diff --git a/waflib/Scripting.py b/waflib/Scripting.py
index 47e550c5..9e6e69cc 100644
--- a/waflib/Scripting.py
+++ b/waflib/Scripting.py
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ def distclean_dir(dirname):
 			if _can_distclean(f):
 				fname = root + os.sep + f
 				try:
-					os.unlink(fname)
+					os.remove(fname)
 				except OSError:
 					Logs.warn('Could not remove %r' % fname)
 
 	for x in [Context.DBFILE, 'config.log']:
 		try:
-			os.unlink(x)
+			os.remove(x)
 		except OSError:
 			pass
 
diff --git a/waflib/Tools/javaw.py b/waflib/Tools/javaw.py
index 3ab971a6..5e6c6d0d 100644
--- a/waflib/Tools/javaw.py
+++ b/waflib/Tools/javaw.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class javac(Task.Task):
 			ret = self.exec_command(cmd, cwd=wd, env=env.env or None)
 		finally:
 			if tmp:
-				os.unlink(tmp)
+				os.remove(tmp)
 		return ret
 
 	def post_run(self):
diff --git a/waflib/Tools/qt4.py b/waflib/Tools/qt4.py
index 195532ca..7741a5d8 100644
--- a/waflib/Tools/qt4.py
+++ b/waflib/Tools/qt4.py
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ class qxx(Task.classes['cxx']):
 
 		# simple scheduler dependency: run the moc task before others
 		self.run_after.update(set(moctasks))
-		print self.outputs, self.run_after
 		self.moc_done = 1
 
 	run = Task.classes['cxx'].__dict__['run']
diff --git a/waflib/extras/gccdeps.py b/waflib/extras/gccdeps.py
index 94fc3a2c..b19370f8 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/gccdeps.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/gccdeps.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def post_run(self):
 	name = self.outputs[0].abspath()
 	name = re_o.sub('.d', name)
 	txt = Utils.readf(name)
-	#os.unlink(name)
+	#os.remove(name)
 
 	# Compilers have the choice to either output the file's dependencies
 	# as one large Makefile rule:
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 12586192..039843eb 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def create_waf(*k, **kw):
 
 	if sys.platform != 'win32':
 		os.chmod('waf', Utils.O755)
-	os.unlink('%s.tar.%s' % (mw, zipType))
+	os.remove('%s.tar.%s' % (mw, zipType))
 
 def make_copy(inf, outf):
 	(a, b, cnt) = sfilter(inf)