diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 08908a4..9b219f9 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@ set -ex
 
 COM_FLAGS='-m compileall'
 
-# FIXME: remove once python 2 support is deprecated
-PY2=python2
-PY2_LIST="osmopy scripts/osmodumpdoc.py scripts/osmotestvty.py scripts/osmotestconfig.py"
-$PY2 ./setup.py install
-$PY2 tests/test_py2.py
-for f in $PY2_LIST
-do
-    $PY2 $COM_FLAGS $f
-done
-
 rm -rf ./build
 PY3=python3
 PY3_LIST="osmopy scripts/osmo_ctrl.py scripts/osmo_rate_ctr2csv.py scripts/osmodumpdoc.py scripts/osmotestvty.py scripts/osmotestconfig.py scripts/osmo_interact_ctrl.py scripts/osmo_interact_vty.py scripts/osmo_verify_transcript_ctrl.py scripts/osmo_verify_transcript_vty.py scripts/soap.py scripts/twisted_ipa.py"
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 52b614c..1ad871d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,26 +2,12 @@ Source: osmo-python-tests
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python, dh-python, python-setuptools, python3, python3-setuptools
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-python, python3, python3-setuptools
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: http://git.osmocom.org/python/osmo-python-tests/
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/python/osmo-python-tests
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.osmocom.org/python/osmo-python-tests/
 
-Package: python2-osmopy-libs
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Python code (not only) for testing of Osmocom programs
- .
- This package contains the Python 2 version of osmopy libraries.
-
-Package: python2-osmopy-utils
-Architecture: all
-Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python2-osmopy-libs
-Description: Python code (not only) for testing of Osmocom programs
- .
- This package contains the Python 2 version of osmopy utils.
-
 Package: python3-osmopy-libs
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 04b59f6..ff16a03 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python2,python3
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	python2 setup.py install --install-layout=deb --root=$(CURDIR)/debian/python2-osmopy-libs
-	rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/python2-osmopy-libs/usr/bin
-	python2 setup.py install --install-layout=deb --root=$(CURDIR)/debian/python2-osmopy-utils
-	rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/python2-osmopy-utils/usr/lib
 	python3 setup.py install --install-layout=deb --root=$(CURDIR)/debian/python3-osmopy-libs
 	rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/python3-osmopy-libs/usr/bin
 	python3 setup.py install --install-layout=deb --root=$(CURDIR)/debian/python3-osmopy-utils
diff --git a/osmopy/__init__.py b/osmopy/__init__.py
index ce78caf..18362ec 100644
--- a/osmopy/__init__.py
+++ b/osmopy/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 __version__ = '0.1.0'
 
 __all__ = ['obscvty', 'osmoutil', 'osmo_ipa', 'osmo_interact', 'trap_helper', 'twisted_ipa']
diff --git a/osmopy/obscvty.py b/osmopy/obscvty.py
index d39d3da..6b7d56c 100755
--- a/osmopy/obscvty.py
+++ b/osmopy/obscvty.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 # VTY helper code for OpenBSC
 #
-from __future__ import print_function
 import re
 import socket
 import sys, subprocess
@@ -176,13 +175,13 @@ class VTYInteract(object):
         self._connect_socket()
 
         # Now send the command
-        self.socket.send("%s\r" % request)
+        self.socket.send(("%s\r" % request).encode())
         res = ""
         end = ""
 
         # Unfortunately, timeout and recv don't always play nicely
         while True:
-            data = self.socket.recv(4096)
+            data = self.socket.recv(4096).decode()
             res = "%s%s" % (res, data)
             if not res:  # yes, this is ugly
                 raise IOError("Failed to read data (did the app crash?)")
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ class VTYInteract(object):
         buffer = ''
         data = True
         while data:
-            data = self.socket.recv(recv_buffer)
+            data = self.socket.recv(recv_buffer).decode()
             buffer += data
 
             while buffer.find(delim) != -1:
@@ -244,8 +243,8 @@ class VTYInteract(object):
     def verify(self, command, results, close=False, loud=True, f=None):
         res = self.command(command, close).split('\r\n')
         if f:
-            res = map(f, res)
-            results = map(f, results)
+            res = list(map(f, res))
+            results = list(map(f, results))
 
         if loud:
             if res != results:
diff --git a/osmopy/osmo_interact/__init__.py b/osmopy/osmo_interact/__init__.py
index 4fc4fac..036238a 100644
--- a/osmopy/osmo_interact/__init__.py
+++ b/osmopy/osmo_interact/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 __all__ = ['common', 'vty', 'ctrl']
diff --git a/osmopy/osmo_interact/common.py b/osmopy/osmo_interact/common.py
index cc7e190..87eca6a 100644
--- a/osmopy/osmo_interact/common.py
+++ b/osmopy/osmo_interact/common.py
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ This implements all of application interaction, piping and verification.
 vty.py and ctrl.py plug VTY and CTRL interface specific bits.
 '''
 
-# Our setup.py currently wants everything to be parsable by both py2 and py3.
-# IMHO that is not a good idea, but until that changes, let's just keep this
-# py2 legacy shim in here so we can syntax-check this py3 module with py2.
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import argparse
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/osmopy/osmoutil.py b/osmopy/osmoutil.py
index 54a3456..ec9c8c3 100755
--- a/osmopy/osmoutil.py
+++ b/osmopy/osmoutil.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # (C) 2013 by Katerina Barone-Adesi <kat.obsc@gmail.com>
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from __future__ import print_function
 import subprocess
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/scripts/osmodumpdoc.py b/scripts/osmodumpdoc.py
index d71edc8..64b088f 100755
--- a/scripts/osmodumpdoc.py
+++ b/scripts/osmodumpdoc.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Make sure this code is in sync with the BTS directory.
 # Fixes may need to be applied to both.
 
 """Start the process and dump the documentation to the doc dir."""
-from __future__ import print_function
 import subprocess
 import time
 import os
diff --git a/scripts/osmotestconfig.py b/scripts/osmotestconfig.py
index f227504..3c96ca6 100755
--- a/scripts/osmotestconfig.py
+++ b/scripts/osmotestconfig.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # (C) 2013 by Katerina Barone-Adesi <kat.obsc@gmail.com>
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import os.path
 import time
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ def copy_config(dirname, config):
     prefix = os.path.basename(config)
     tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
         dir=dirname, prefix=prefix, delete=False)
-    tmpfile.write(open(config).read())
+    tmpfile.write(open(config).read().encode())
     tmpfile.close()
     # This works around the precautions NamedTemporaryFile is made for...
     return tmpfile.name
diff --git a/scripts/osmotestvty.py b/scripts/osmotestvty.py
index 55017a5..600860f 100755
--- a/scripts/osmotestvty.py
+++ b/scripts/osmotestvty.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # (C) 2013 by Katerina Barone-Adesi <kat.obsc@gmail.com>
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import time
 import unittest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69e18b0..ab604ce 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,24 +19,20 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from osmopy import __version__
 import sys
 
-if sys.version_info.major == 2:
-    scripts = [
-        "scripts/osmodumpdoc.py",
-        "scripts/osmotestconfig.py",
-        "scripts/osmotestvty.py",
-        ]
-elif sys.version_info.major == 3:
-    scripts = [
-        "scripts/osmo_ctrl.py",
-        "scripts/osmo_rate_ctr2csv.py",
-        "scripts/soap.py",
-        "scripts/ctrl2cgi.py",
-        "scripts/osmo_trap2cgi.py",
-        "scripts/osmo_interact_vty.py",
-        "scripts/osmo_interact_ctrl.py",
-        "scripts/osmo_verify_transcript_vty.py",
-        "scripts/osmo_verify_transcript_ctrl.py",
-        ]
+scripts = [
+    "scripts/osmodumpdoc.py",
+    "scripts/osmotestvty.py",
+    "scripts/osmotestconfig.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_ctrl.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_rate_ctr2csv.py",
+    "scripts/soap.py",
+    "scripts/ctrl2cgi.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_trap2cgi.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_interact_vty.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_interact_ctrl.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_verify_transcript_vty.py",
+    "scripts/osmo_verify_transcript_ctrl.py",
+    ]
 
 setup(
     name = 'osmopython',
diff --git a/tests/test_py2.py b/tests/test_py2.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cac5261..0000000
--- a/tests/test_py2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
-
-# just import a smoke test for osmopy
-
-import osmopy
-
-print '[Python2] Smoke test PASSED.'