diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 5628e8fd..46a553b9 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def get_os(args = ""):
             if rr:
                 err("failed to run ", cmd)
                 continue
-            out = re.sub('\n', '', out)
+            out = re.sub('\n', '', out.decode('utf-8'))
             return out
     return "linux"
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ def pkg_relations(rel_type, args_):
                     dep = re.split('([=><]+)', spec)
                     if args.no_version:
                         dep = dep[:1]
-                    dep = map(str.strip, dep)
+                    dep = list(map(str.strip, dep))
                     if args.no_subpackages:
                         dep[0] = re.sub('-dev$|-devel$|-run$', '', dep[0])
                     for i, item in enumerate(dep):