diff --git a/lib/spack/external/pyqver2.py b/lib/spack/external/pyqver2.py
index 4a16e2811eb..46902397485 100755
--- a/lib/spack/external/pyqver2.py
+++ b/lib/spack/external/pyqver2.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 StandardModules = {
     "__future__":       (2, 1),
     "abc":              (2, 6),
-    "argparse":         (2, 7),
+# skip argparse now that it's in lib/spack/external
+#    "argparse":         (2, 7),
     "ast":              (2, 6),
     "atexit":           (2, 0),
     "bz2":              (2, 3),
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py
index ba570b416f8..2ea5febb11d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ def check_python_versions(self, *files):
         all_issues = {}
 
         for fn in files:
-            if fn != '/Users/gamblin2/src/spack/var/spack/packages/vim/package.py':
-                continue
-            print fn
-
             with open(fn) as pyfile:
                 versions = pyqver2.get_versions(pyfile.read())
                 for ver, reasons in versions.items():