diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/game/game_stats.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/game/game_stats.py
index f9ccdc065e88..32f6f15e3a83 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/game/game_stats.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/game/game_stats.py
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ def expand(self, user_scores):
         sum_scores
         # Use the derived mean total score (global_mean_score) as a side input.
         | 'ProcessAndFilter' >> beam.Filter(
-            lambda (_, score), global_mean:\
-                score > global_mean * self.SCORE_WEIGHT,
+            lambda key_score, global_mean:\
+                key_score[1] > global_mean * self.SCORE_WEIGHT,
             global_mean_score))
     return filtered
 # [END abuse_detect]
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/tfidf.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/tfidf.py
index 065e4b364686..20ad344e96a8 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/tfidf.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/complete/tfidf.py
@@ -147,14 +147,18 @@ def compute_term_frequency(uri_count_and_total):
     #
     # This calculation uses a side input, a Dataflow-computed auxiliary value
     # presented to each invocation of our MapFn lambda. The second argument to
-    # the lambda (called total---note that we are unpacking the first argument)
+    # the function (called total---note that the first argument is a tuple)
     # receives the value we listed after the lambda in Map(). Additional side
     # inputs (and ordinary Python values, too) can be provided to MapFns and
     # DoFns in this way.
+    def div_word_count_by_total(word_count, total):
+      (word, count) = word_count
+      return (word, float(count) / total)
+
     word_to_df = (
         word_to_doc_count
         | 'ComputeDocFrequencies' >> beam.Map(
-            lambda (word, count), total: (word, float(count) / total),
+            div_word_count_by_total,
             AsSingleton(total_documents)))
 
     # Join the term frequency and document frequency collections,
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/common.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/common.py
index d5ca68307aa5..39e5e99015d1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/common.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/common.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import sys
 import traceback
 
+import six
+
 from apache_beam.internal import util
 from apache_beam.metrics.execution import ScopedMetricsContainer
 from apache_beam.pvalue import TaggedOutput
@@ -512,7 +514,7 @@ def _reraise_augmented(self, exn):
           traceback.format_exception_only(type(exn), exn)[-1].strip()
           + step_annotation)
       new_exn._tagged_with_step = True
-    raise new_exn, None, original_traceback
+    six.raise_from(new_exn, original_traceback)
 
 
 class OutputProcessor(object):
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/direct/executor.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/direct/executor.py
index 34c12c345a0e..91ea5e8668e7 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/direct/executor.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/direct/executor.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import traceback
 from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 
+import six
+
 from apache_beam.metrics.execution import MetricsContainer
 from apache_beam.metrics.execution import ScopedMetricsContainer
 
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ def await_completion(self):
     try:
       if update.exception:
         t, v, tb = update.exc_info
-        raise t, v, tb
+        six.reraise(t, v, tb)
     finally:
       self.executor_service.shutdown()
       self.executor_service.await_completion()
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner.py
index c36bae7114a6..5c1b1de12aa1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner.py
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ def run(self):
         self._latest_progress = progress_result.process_bundle_progress
         if self._callback:
           self._callback(self._latest_progress)
-      except Exception, exn:
+      except Exception as exn:
         logging.error("Bad progress: %s", exn)
       time.sleep(self._frequency)
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner_test.py
index e27da621e485..c0f17cec563c 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/fn_api_runner_test.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import functools
 import logging
 import time
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ def test_progress_metrics(self):
           m_out.processed_elements.measured.output_element_counts['twice'])
 
     except:
-      print res._metrics_by_stage
+      print(res._metrics_by_stage)
       raise
 
   # Inherits all tests from maptask_executor_runner.MapTaskExecutorRunner
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner_test.py
index 1fc244b20f20..66181c014f71 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/portability/universal_local_runner_test.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+from __future__ import print_function
 
 import logging
 import platform
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ def setUp(self):
     if platform.system() != 'Windows':
       def handler(signum, frame):
         msg = 'Timed out after %s seconds.' % self.TIMEOUT_SECS
-        print '=' * 20, msg, '=' * 20
+        print('=' * 20, msg, '=' * 20)
         traceback.print_stack(frame)
         threads_by_id = {th.ident: th for th in threading.enumerate()}
         for thread_id, stack in sys._current_frames().items():
           th = threads_by_id.get(thread_id)
-          print
-          print '# Thread:', th or thread_id
+          print()
+          print('# Thread:', th or thread_id)
           traceback.print_stack(stack)
         raise BaseException(msg)
       signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler)
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane.py
index 2e4f2d6f69a7..f554646c6596 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import threading
 
 import grpc
+import six
 
 from apache_beam.coders import coder_impl
 from apache_beam.portability.api import beam_fn_api_pb2
@@ -182,7 +183,8 @@ def input_elements(self, instruction_id, expected_targets):
           data = received.get(timeout=1)
         except queue.Empty:
           if self._exc_info:
-            raise self.exc_info[0], self.exc_info[1], self.exc_info[2]
+            t, v, tb = self._exc_info
+            six.reraise(t, v, tb)
         else:
           if not data.data and data.target in expected_targets:
             done_targets.append(data.target)
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane_test.py
index 07ba8fd44f1f..b2cefbe1469c 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/data_plane_test.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from concurrent import futures
 
 import grpc
+import six
 
 from apache_beam.portability.api import beam_fn_api_pb2
 from apache_beam.portability.api import beam_fn_api_pb2_grpc
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ def call_fn():
       thread.join(timeout_secs)
       if exc_info:
         t, v, tb = exc_info  # pylint: disable=unbalanced-tuple-unpacking
-        raise t, v, tb
+        six.reraise(t, v, tb)
       assert not thread.is_alive(), 'timed out after %s seconds' % timeout_secs
     return wrapper
   return decorate
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py
index 2767530adb0b..d54c82a8a655 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from concurrent import futures
 
 import grpc
+import six
 
 from apache_beam.portability.api import beam_fn_api_pb2
 from apache_beam.portability.api import beam_fn_api_pb2_grpc
@@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ def _blocking_request(self, request):
     self._requests.put(request)
     while not future.wait(timeout=1):
       if self._exc_info:
-        raise self._exc_info[0], self._exc_info[1], self._exc_info[2]
+        t, v, tb = self._exc_info
+        six.reraise(t, v, tb)
       elif self._done:
         raise RuntimeError()
     del self._responses_by_id[request.id]
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/util.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/util.py
index 8185e64a67cf..7bd5d45fa4b5 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/util.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/util.py
@@ -259,8 +259,13 @@ def _thin_data(self):
     sorted_data = sorted(self._data)
     odd_one_out = [sorted_data[-1]] if len(sorted_data) % 2 == 1 else []
     # Sort the pairs by how different they are.
+
+    def div_keys(kv1_kv2):
+      (x1, _), (x2, _) = kv1_kv2
+      return x2 / x1
+
     pairs = sorted(zip(sorted_data[::2], sorted_data[1::2]),
-                   key=lambda ((x1, _1), (x2, _2)): x2 / x1)
+                   key=div_keys)
     # Keep the top 1/3 most different pairs, average the top 2/3 most similar.
     threshold = 2 * len(pairs) / 3
     self._data = (
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typecheck.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typecheck.py
index 7c7012c8aea7..b22be1ef2c89 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typecheck.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typecheck.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 For internal use only; no backwards-compatibility guarantees.
 """
 
+
 import collections
 import inspect
 import sys
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ def wrapper(self, method, args, kwargs):
     except TypeCheckError as e:
       error_msg = ('Runtime type violation detected within ParDo(%s): '
                    '%s' % (self.full_label, e))
-      six.reraise(TypeCheckError, error_msg, sys.exc_info()[2])
+      six.raise_from(TypeCheckError(error_msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
     else:
       return self._check_type(result)
 
@@ -175,12 +176,12 @@ def _type_check(self, type_constraint, datum, is_input):
     try:
       check_constraint(type_constraint, datum)
     except CompositeTypeHintError as e:
-      six.reraise(TypeCheckError, e.args[0], sys.exc_info()[2])
+      six.raise_from(TypeCheckError(e.message), sys.exc_info()[2])
     except SimpleTypeHintError:
       error_msg = ("According to type-hint expected %s should be of type %s. "
                    "Instead, received '%s', an instance of type %s."
                    % (datum_type, type_constraint, datum, type(datum)))
-      six.reraise(TypeCheckError, error_msg, sys.exc_info()[2])
+      six.raise_from(TypeCheckError(error_msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
 
 
 class TypeCheckCombineFn(core.CombineFn):
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ def add_input(self, accumulator, element, *args, **kwargs):
       except TypeCheckError as e:
         error_msg = ('Runtime type violation detected within %s: '
                      '%s' % (self._label, e))
-        raise TypeCheckError, error_msg, sys.exc_info()[2]
+        six.raise_from(TypeCheckError(error_msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
     return self._combinefn.add_input(accumulator, element, *args, **kwargs)
 
   def merge_accumulators(self, accumulators, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ def extract_output(self, accumulator, *args, **kwargs):
       except TypeCheckError as e:
         error_msg = ('Runtime type violation detected within %s: '
                      '%s' % (self._label, e))
-        raise TypeCheckError, error_msg, sys.exc_info()[2]
+        six.raise_from(TypeCheckError(error_msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
     return result
 
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
index 2994adc0aa5f..70ebcb3a3ff1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
@@ -1046,15 +1046,17 @@ def test_positional_arg_hints(self):
                       _positional_arg_hints(['x', 'y'], {'x': int}))
 
   def test_getcallargs_forhints(self):
-    func = lambda a, (b, c), *d: None
+    def func(a, b_c, *d):
+      b, c = b_c # pylint: disable=unused-variable
+      return None
     self.assertEquals(
-        {'a': Any, 'b': Any, 'c': Any, 'd': Tuple[Any, ...]},
+        {'a': Any, 'b_c': Any, 'd': Tuple[Any, ...]},
         getcallargs_forhints(func, *[Any, Any]))
     self.assertEquals(
-        {'a': Any, 'b': Any, 'c': Any, 'd': Tuple[Any, ...]},
+        {'a': Any, 'b_c': Any, 'd': Tuple[Any, ...]},
         getcallargs_forhints(func, *[Any, Any, Any, int]))
     self.assertEquals(
-        {'a': int, 'b': str, 'c': Any, 'd': Tuple[Any, ...]},
+        {'a': int, 'b_c': Tuple[str, Any], 'd': Tuple[Any, ...]},
         getcallargs_forhints(func, *[int, Tuple[str, Any]]))
 
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/utils/retry.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/utils/retry.py
index 97bd03798509..d1d1fa2f371e 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/utils/retry.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/utils/retry.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 needed right now use a @retry.no_retries decorator.
 """
 
+
 import logging
 import random
 import sys
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
               sleep_interval = next(retry_intervals)
             except StopIteration:
               # Re-raise the original exception since we finished the retries.
-              six.reraise(exn, None, exn_traceback)  # pylint: disable=raising-bad-type
+              six.raise_from(exn, exn_traceback)
 
             logger(
                 'Retry with exponential backoff: waiting for %s seconds before '
diff --git a/sdks/python/run_mini_py3lint.sh b/sdks/python/run_mini_py3lint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..f5e9acd70b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/python/run_mini_py3lint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# This script will run python3 ready style checks
+#
+#   Currently only flake8 E999
+#
+# The exit-code of the script indicates success or a failure.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+MODULE=apache_beam
+
+usage(){ echo "Usage: $0 [MODULE|--help]  # The default MODULE is $MODULE"; }
+
+if test $# -gt 0; then
+  case "$@" in
+    --help) usage; exit 1;;
+	 *)      MODULE="$*";;
+  esac
+fi
+
+echo "Running flake8 for module $MODULE:"
+flake8 $MODULE --count --select=E999 --show-source --statistics
diff --git a/sdks/python/run_pylint.sh b/sdks/python/run_pylint.sh
index d2d424e28d9e..8696a8272d4e 100755
--- a/sdks/python/run_pylint.sh
+++ b/sdks/python/run_pylint.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ echo "Running pylint for module $MODULE:"
 pylint -j8 "$MODULE" --ignore-patterns="$FILES_TO_IGNORE"
 echo "Running pycodestyle for module $MODULE:"
 pycodestyle "$MODULE" --exclude="$FILES_TO_IGNORE"
+echo "Running flake8 for module $MODULE:"
+flake8 $MODULE --count --select=E999 --show-source --statistics
 echo "Running isort for module $MODULE:"
 # Skip files where isort is behaving weirdly
 ISORT_EXCLUDED=(
@@ -69,9 +71,11 @@ ISORT_EXCLUDED=(
   "avroio_test.py"
   "datastore_wordcount.py"
   "datastoreio_test.py"
+  "hadoopfilesystem.py"
   "iobase_test.py"
   "fast_coders_test.py"
   "slow_coders_test.py"
+  "vcfio.py"
 )
 SKIP_PARAM=""
 for file in "${ISORT_EXCLUDED[@]}"; do
diff --git a/sdks/python/tox.ini b/sdks/python/tox.ini
index 31bcc9cdb572..857e7b0e571f 100644
--- a/sdks/python/tox.ini
+++ b/sdks/python/tox.ini
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 [tox]
 # new environments will be excluded by default unless explicitly added to envlist.
-envlist = py27,py27gcp,py27cython,lint,docs
+# TODO (after BEAM-3671) add lint_py3 back in.
+envlist = py27,py27gcp,py27cython,lint_py2,docs
 toxworkdir = {toxinidir}/target/.tox
 
 [pycodestyle]
@@ -90,13 +91,14 @@ commands =
   python setup.py test
 passenv = TRAVIS*
 
-[testenv:lint]
+[testenv:lint_py2]
 deps=
   nose==1.3.7
   pycodestyle==2.3.1
   pylint==1.7.2
   future==0.16.0
   isort==4.2.15
+  flake8==3.5.0
 whitelist_externals=time
 commands =
   python --version
@@ -105,6 +107,21 @@ commands =
   time {toxinidir}/run_pylint.sh
 passenv = TRAVIS*
 
+[testenv:lint_py3]
+deps=
+  nose==1.3.7
+  pycodestyle==2.3.1
+  pylint==1.7.2
+  future==0.16.0
+  isort==4.2.15
+  flake8==3.5.0
+whitelist_externals=time
+commands =
+  time pip install -e .[test]
+  time {toxinidir}/run_mini_py3lint.sh
+passenv = TRAVIS*
+
+
 [testenv:docs]
 deps=
   nose==1.3.7