diff --git a/src/Tools/generateBase/__exec_old.py b/src/Tools/generateBase/__exec_old.py
index b6d0ba0c3a..8e7bd1df12 100644
--- a/src/Tools/generateBase/__exec_old.py
+++ b/src/Tools/generateBase/__exec_old.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # remove this file once the python2 support has stopped
 
+
 def __exec_old__(text, globals, locals):
-    exec text in globals, locals
\ No newline at end of file
+    exec text in globals, locals  # noqa: E999 a Python 3 syntax error