diff --git a/script/check_trace.py b/script/check_trace.py
index a4506a12f8..c10eb3c5d5 100644
--- a/script/check_trace.py
+++ b/script/check_trace.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
 #Copyright (c) 2015-present Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 #Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
@@ -200,10 +198,10 @@ def check_trace_status(tracename, verbose, check_trace_flag):
     events_order_r[tid] = events_order[tid]
   cnt = gen_events_info(trace,trace_level,no_events_cnt,events2ignore,events2chkcnt,events2chkord,verbose)
   if verbose:
-      print '\n' + rtrace + ':\n'
-      print cnt_r
-      print '\n' + trace + ':\n'
-      print cnt
+      print ('\n' + rtrace + ':\n')
+      print (cnt_r)
+      print ('\n' + trace + ':\n')
+      print (cnt)
       diff_strings(cnt_r, cnt, metric)
 
   if cnt_r == cnt:
diff --git a/script/gen_ostream_ops.py b/script/gen_ostream_ops.py
index fcc379a629..ae60be84e7 100755
--- a/script/gen_ostream_ops.py
+++ b/script/gen_ostream_ops.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
 import os, sys, re
 import CppHeaderParser
 import argparse
diff --git a/script/hsaap.py b/script/hsaap.py
index f9458ee9d8..e1a3d71784 100755
--- a/script/hsaap.py
+++ b/script/hsaap.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 from __future__ import print_function
 import os, sys, re
 
diff --git a/script/kfdap.py b/script/kfdap.py
index 378ea12620..8de1d19ea0 100755
--- a/script/kfdap.py
+++ b/script/kfdap.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
 from __future__ import print_function
 import os, sys, re
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ class API_TableParser:
     if not os.path.isfile(header):
       self.fatal("file '" + header + "' not found")
 
-    self.inp = open(header, 'r')
+    self.inp = open(header, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
 
     self.beg_pattern = re.compile(name)
     self.end_pattern = re.compile('.*\)\s*;\s*$');
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ class API_DeclParser:
     if not os.path.isfile(header):
       self.fatal("file '" + header + "' not found")
 
-    self.inp = open(header, 'r')
+    self.inp = open(header, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
 
     self.end_pattern = re.compile('\)\s*;\s*$')
     self.data = data
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 689ed6377f..556ea16df6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "mkdir -p ${GEN_INC_DIR}" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "mkdir -p ${GEN_SRC_DIR}" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -E ${HSA_RUNTIME_INC_PATH}/hsa.h > ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_pp.h" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -E ${HSA_RUNTIME_INC_PATH}/hsa_ext_amd.h > ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_ext_amd_pp.h" )
-execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_pp.h,${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_ext_amd_pp.h -out ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_ostream_ops.h" )
-execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${ROOT_DIR}/script/hsaap.py ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} ${HSA_RUNTIME_INC_PATH}" )
-execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${ROOT_DIR}/script/kfdap.py ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} ${HSA_KMT_INC_PATH}" )
+execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "python3 ${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_pp.h,${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_ext_amd_pp.h -out ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsa_ostream_ops.h" )
+execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "python3 ${ROOT_DIR}/script/hsaap.py ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} ${HSA_RUNTIME_INC_PATH}" )
+execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "python3 ${ROOT_DIR}/script/kfdap.py ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} ${HSA_KMT_INC_PATH}" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -E ${HSA_KMT_INC_PATH}/hsakmttypes.h > ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsakmttypes_pp.h" )
-execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsakmttypes_pp.h -out ${GEN_INC_DIR}/kfd_ostream_ops.h" )
+execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "python3 ${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hsakmttypes_pp.h -out ${GEN_INC_DIR}/kfd_ostream_ops.h" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -E ${HIP_PATH}/include/hip/hip_runtime_api.h ${HIP_DEFINES} -I${HIP_PATH}/include -I${ROCM_ROOT_DIR}/hsa/include > ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hip_runtime_api_pp.h" )
-execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hip_runtime_api_pp.h -out ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hip_ostream_ops.h" )
+execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "python3 ${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hip_runtime_api_pp.h -out ${GEN_INC_DIR}/hip_ostream_ops.h" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "mkdir ${GEN_INC_DIR}/rocprofiler" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "ln -s ${ROOT_DIR}/../rocprofiler/inc/rocprofiler.h ${GEN_INC_DIR}/rocprofiler/rocprofiler.h" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "ln -s ${ROOT_DIR}/../rocprofiler/src/core/activity.h ${GEN_INC_DIR}/rocprofiler/activity.h" )
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
index 75a5a68053..e8d8909523 100755
--- a/test/run.sh
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ eval_test() {
       is_failed=0;
     else
       if [ $is_failed = 0 ] ; then
-        python ./test/check_trace.py -in $test_name -ck $check_trace_flag
+        python3 ./test/check_trace.py -in $test_name -ck $check_trace_flag
         is_failed=$?
         if [ $is_failed != 0 ] ; then
           echo "Trace checker error:"
-          python ./test/check_trace.py -v -in $test_name -ck $check_trace_flag
+          python3 ./test/check_trace.py -v -in $test_name -ck $check_trace_flag
         fi
       fi
     fi