diff --git a/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.html b/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.html
index 52c4d0282..a5e7af2a7 100644
--- a/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.html
+++ b/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.html
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id68">13.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capturing xs:date
 <p>Then, define <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">date_calcs.py</span></tt> as:</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- mode: pymode; coding: utf-8; -*-
+# -*- mode: pymode; -*-
 
 import datetime
 
@@ -2147,13 +2147,6 @@ <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id72">15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Includes -- The XML
 script scans your XML Schema document and, recursively, documents
 that are included looking for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">include</span></tt> elements; it inserts all
 content into a single document, which it writes out.</p>
-<p>Since <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">process_includes.py</span></tt> uses the ElementTree API, in order
-to use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">process_includes.py</span></tt> you will need one of the following:</p>
-<ul class="simple">
-<li>Python 2.5 -- ElementTree is in the Python-2.5 distribution.  Or,</li>
-<li><a class="reference external" href="http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm">ElementTree</a>.  Or,</li>
-<li><a class="reference external" href="http://codespeak.net/lxml/">lxml</a> -- another implementation of the ElementTree API.</li>
-</ul>
 <p>Here are samples of how you might use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">process_includes.py</span></tt>, if
 your schema contains <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">include</span></tt> elements.</p>
 <p>Example 1:</p>
diff --git a/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.py b/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.py
index 39fb5138e..0c0a9bc8e 100755
--- a/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.py
+++ b/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/generateDS.py
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@
 
 
 
-#from __future__ import generators   # only needed for Python 2.2
-
-
-
 import sys
 import os.path
 import time
@@ -905,7 +901,7 @@ def getKeys(self):
     def add(self, name, attr):
         self.group[name] = attr
     def delete(self, name):
-        if has_key(self.group, name):
+        if name in self.group:
             del self.group[name]
             return 1
         else:
diff --git a/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/process_includes.py b/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/process_includes.py
index 39aa58626..7b34b50ae 100755
--- a/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/process_includes.py
+++ b/xsd-fu/python/generateDS/process_includes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- mode: pymode; coding: utf-8; -*-
+# -*- mode: pymode; -*-
 """
 Synopsis:
     Recursively process the include elements in an XML Schema file.