diff --git a/src/mapi/glapi/gen/api_exec_init.py b/src/mapi/glapi/gen/api_exec_init.py
index 9c3af5e9eb7..a5e9698443a 100644
--- a/src/mapi/glapi/gen/api_exec_init.py
+++ b/src/mapi/glapi/gen/api_exec_init.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ exec_flavor_map = {
     }
 
 
-header = """/**
- * \\file api_exec_init.c
+header = r"""/**
+ * \file api_exec_init.c
  * Initialize dispatch table.
  */
 
diff --git a/src/mapi/glapi/gen/gl_enums.py b/src/mapi/glapi/gen/gl_enums.py
index 8879163c161..00305c7dfff 100644
--- a/src/mapi/glapi/gen/gl_enums.py
+++ b/src/mapi/glapi/gen/gl_enums.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PrintGlEnums(gl_XML.gl_print_base):
         return
 
     def print_code(self):
-        print("""
+        print(r"""
 typedef int (*cfunc)(const void *, const void *);
 
 /**
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ _mesa_enum_to_string(int nr)
    else {
       /* this is not re-entrant safe, no big deal here */
       snprintf(token_tmp, sizeof(token_tmp) - 1, "0x%x", nr);
-      token_tmp[sizeof(token_tmp) - 1] = '\\0';
+      token_tmp[sizeof(token_tmp) - 1] = '\0';
       return token_tmp;
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/mapi/mapi_abi.py b/src/mapi/mapi_abi.py
index 7e93dc72d3a..49cde5afe1d 100644
--- a/src/mapi/mapi_abi.py
+++ b/src/mapi/mapi_abi.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ABIEntry(object):
     """Represent an ABI entry."""
 
     _match_c_param = re.compile(
-            '^(?P<type>[\w\s*]+?)(?P<name>\w+)(\[(?P<array>\d+)\])?$')
+            r'^(?P<type>[\w\s*]+?)(?P<name>\w+)(\[(?P<array>\d+)\])?$')
 
     def __init__(self, cols, attrs, xml_data = None):
         self._parse(cols)