diff --git a/python/examples/simple.py b/python/examples/simple.py
index da07a699970c27ce63a262c1bb36ca5dc9fd5350..ff777c8a0904089ec9e900474775d2759f8ea045 100755
--- a/python/examples/simple.py
+++ b/python/examples/simple.py
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ lmp.command("run 10");
 
 # uncomment if running in parallel via Pypar
 #print("Proc %d out of %d procs has" % (me,nprocs), lmp)
-#pypar.finalize()
 
 # uncomment if running in parallel via mpi4py
-#print "Proc %d out of %d procs has" % (me,nprocs), lmp
-#MPI.Finalize()
+#print("Proc %d out of %d procs has" % (me,nprocs), lmp)