diff --git a/debian/bin/kconfig.py b/debian/bin/kconfig.py
index 815839937..9ee0750d7 100755
--- a/debian/bin/kconfig.py
+++ b/debian/bin/kconfig.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ from debian_linux.kconfig import *
 def merge(output, configs, overrides):
     kconfig = KconfigFile()
     for c in configs:
-        kconfig.read(file(c))
-    for key, value in overrides.iteritems():
+        kconfig.read(open(c))
+    for key, value in overrides.items():
         kconfig.set(key, value)
-    file(output, "w").write(str(kconfig))
+    open(output, "w").write(str(kconfig))
 
 
 def opt_callback_dict(option, opt, value, parser):
diff --git a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/kconfig.py b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/kconfig.py
index e052d5522..67309e3a0 100644
--- a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/kconfig.py
+++ b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/kconfig.py
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ class KconfigFile(OrderedDict):
         self[key] = entry
 
     def str_iter(self):
-        for key, value in self.iteritems():
+        for key, value in self.items():
             yield str(value)