diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox.py
index 786c48c326..cd4e563313 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def main():
   if not api_password:
     try:
       api_password = os.environ['PROXMOX_PASSWORD']
-    except KeyError, e:
+    except KeyError as e:
       module.fail_json(msg='You should set api_password param or use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable')
 
   try:
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def main():
     global VZ_TYPE
     VZ_TYPE = 'openvz' if float(proxmox.version.get()['version']) < 4.0 else 'lxc'
 
-  except Exception, e:
+  except Exception as e:
     module.fail_json(msg='authorization on proxmox cluster failed with exception: %s' % e)
 
   if state == 'present':
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def main():
                       force = int(module.params['force']))
 
       module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="deployed VM %s from template %s"  % (vmid, module.params['ostemplate']))
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="creation of %s VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( VZ_TYPE, vmid, e ))
 
   elif state == 'started':
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def main():
 
       if start_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout):
         module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s started" % vmid)
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="starting of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
 
   elif state == 'stopped':
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ def main():
 
       if stop_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout, force = module.params['force']):
         module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s is shutting down" % vmid)
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="stopping of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
 
   elif state == 'restarted':
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def main():
       if ( stop_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout, force = module.params['force']) and
           start_instance(module, proxmox, vm, vmid, timeout) ):
         module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="VM %s is restarted" % vmid)
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="restarting of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
 
   elif state == 'absent':
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ def main():
                            % proxmox_node.tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
 
         time.sleep(1)
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="deletion of VM %s failed with exception: %s" % ( vmid, e ))
 
 # import module snippets
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox_template.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox_template.py
index 6434e59be2..6286bb4c72 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox_template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/misc/proxmox_template.py
@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ def main():
   if not api_password:
     try:
       api_password = os.environ['PROXMOX_PASSWORD']
-    except KeyError, e:
+    except KeyError as e:
       module.fail_json(msg='You should set api_password param or use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable')
 
   try:
     proxmox = ProxmoxAPI(api_host, user=api_user, password=api_password, verify_ssl=validate_certs)
-  except Exception, e:
+  except Exception as e:
     module.fail_json(msg='authorization on proxmox cluster failed with exception: %s' % e)
 
   if state == 'present':
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def main():
 
       if upload_template(module, proxmox, api_host, node, storage, content_type, realpath, timeout):
         module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='template with volid=%s:%s/%s uploaded' % (storage, content_type, template))
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="uploading of template %s failed with exception: %s" % ( template, e ))
 
   elif state == 'absent':
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def main():
 
       if delete_template(module, proxmox, node, storage, content_type, template, timeout):
         module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='template with volid=%s:%s/%s deleted' % (storage, content_type, template))
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
       module.fail_json(msg="deleting of template %s failed with exception: %s" % ( template, e ))
 
 # import module snippets
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/test/utils/shippable/sanity-skip-python3.txt b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/test/utils/shippable/sanity-skip-python3.txt
index 8332b44c87..a8bbef1cc3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/test/utils/shippable/sanity-skip-python3.txt
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/test/utils/shippable/sanity-skip-python3.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 /cloud/centurylink/clc_aa_policy.py
 /cloud/centurylink/clc_group.py
 /cloud/centurylink/clc_publicip.py
-/cloud/misc/proxmox.py
-/cloud/misc/proxmox_template.py
 /cloud/misc/virt_net.py
 /cloud/misc/virt_pool.py
 /cloud/profitbricks/profitbricks.py