---
 app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test.py      | 9 ++-------
 app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test_data.py | 1 +
 mk/rte.sdktest.mk                     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test.py b/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test.py
index 954428e2bf..074fed7e7f 100755
--- a/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test.py
+++ b/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test.py

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
 
 # Script that runs cmdline_test app and feeds keystrokes into it.
-from __future__ import print_function
 import cmdline_test_data
 import os
 import pexpect

@@ -19,10 +18,6 @@ def runTest(child, test):
         return 0
     child.expect(test["Result"], 1)
 
-if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-    print("WARNING: Python 2 is deprecated for use in DPDK, and will not work in future releases.", file=sys.stderr)
-    print("Please use Python 3 instead", file=sys.stderr)
-
 #
 # history test is a special case
 #

@@ -43,7 +38,7 @@ def runHistoryTest(child):
     i = 0
 
     # fill the history with numbers
-    while i < history_size / 10:
+    while i < int(history_size / 10):
         # add 1 to prevent from parsing as octals
         child.send("1" + str(i).zfill(8) + cmdline_test_data.ENTER)
         # the app will simply print out the number

diff --git a/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test_data.py b/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test_data.py
index 114d2cb6a0..2d9b3262a6 100644
--- a/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test_data.py
+++ b/app/test-cmdline/cmdline_test_data.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
 

diff --git a/mk/rte.sdktest.mk b/mk/rte.sdktest.mk
index 803018ba3a..ad7ef138f0 100644
--- a/mk/rte.sdktest.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.sdktest.mk

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ coverage:
 	@mkdir -p $(AUTOTEST_DIR) ; \
 	cd $(AUTOTEST_DIR) ; \
 	if [ -f $(RTE_OUTPUT)/app/test ]; then \
-		python $(RTE_SDK)/test/cmdline_test/cmdline_test.py \
+		python3 $(RTE_SDK)/test/cmdline_test/cmdline_test.py \
 			$(RTE_OUTPUT)/app/cmdline_test; \
 		ulimit -S -n 100 ; \
 		python $(RTE_SDK)/app/test/autotest.py \

-- 
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