diff --git a/conf/python/templates/VersionChecker.st b/conf/python/templates/VersionChecker.st
index 1041722e48c..46d3c23c68e 100644
--- a/conf/python/templates/VersionChecker.st
+++ b/conf/python/templates/VersionChecker.st
@@ -1,36 +1,31 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- *  Copyright 2011 Wordnik, Inc.
- *
- *  Licensed 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.
- */
+"""
+  Copyright 2011 Wordnik, Inc.
  
-/**
- *
- * Maintains the compatible server version against which the drive is written
- * NOTE: This class is auto generated by the swagger code generator program. Do not edit the class manually.
- */
-class VersionChecker {
+  Licensed 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
 
-	public static compatibleVersion = "$apiVersion$";
-	
-	/**
-	* Gets the version against which the library code was written
-	*/
-	public function getCompatibleVersion() {
-		return self::\$compatibleVersion;
-	}
-}
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
-?>
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+  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.
+"""
+
+
+
+class VersionChecker(object):
+    """
+    Maintains the compatible server version against which the drive is writtena
+    NOTE: This class is auto generated by the swagger code generator program. Do not edit the class manually.
+    """
+    _compatible_version = "$apiVersion$"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def getCompatibleVersion(cls):
+    	"""
+	Gets the version against which the library code was written
+	"""
+	return cls._compatible_version
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