diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/cv_bsp_generator/hps.py b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/cv_bsp_generator/hps.py
index 68f05dc48a14..a0877210ef0b 100755
--- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/cv_bsp_generator/hps.py
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/cv_bsp_generator/hps.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ def handleHPSPeripheralNode(self, peripheralNode):
                     configNode = xmlgrok.nextElementSibling(configNode)
                     if configNode == None:
                         newLine += newLine
-                    self.pinmuxConfigBuffer.write("#define " + unicode(config_define_name) + ' ' + '(' + str(config_define_value) + ')' + newLine)
+                    self.pinmuxConfigBuffer.write("#define " + str(config_define_name) + ' ' + '(' + str(config_define_value) + ')' + newLine)
 
                 entry = self.pinmux_configs[name]
                 define_name = entry['name']
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def handleHPSPinmuxNode(self, pinmuxNode):
     def handleHPSPinmuxesNode(self, pinmuxesNode):
         """ PinmuxesNode is a list of pinmuxNodes
         """
-        self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( unicode("const u8 sys_mgr_init_table[] = {\n"))
+        self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( str("const u8 sys_mgr_init_table[] = {\n"))
 
         pinmuxNode = xmlgrok.firstElementChild(pinmuxesNode)
         while pinmuxNode != None:
@@ -452,12 +452,12 @@ def handleHPSPinmuxesNode(self, pinmuxesNode):
         for reg, value in self.pinmux_regs.items():
             reg_count += 1
             if reg_count < pinmux_regs_count:
-                self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( unicode("\t" + str(value) + ', /* ' + reg + ' */\n' ))
+                self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( str("\t" + str(value) + ', /* ' + reg + ' */\n' ))
             else:
-                self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( unicode("\t" + str(value) + ' /* ' + reg + ' */\n' ))
+                self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( str("\t" + str(value) + ' /* ' + reg + ' */\n' ))
 
         # Write the close of the pin MUX array in the header
-        self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( unicode("};" ))
+        self.pinmuxHeaderBuffer.write( str("};" ))
 
     def handleHPSClockNode(self, clockNode):
         """ A clockNode may emit a #define for the name, frequency pair
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def createFilesFromHPS(self):
                 elif childNode.nodeName == 'peripherals':
                     self.handleHPSPeripheralNode(childNode)
                 else:
-                    print '***Error:Found unexpected HPS child node:%s' % childNode.nodeName
+                    print('***Error:Found unexpected HPS child node:%s' % childNode.nodeName)
                 childNode = xmlgrok.nextElementSibling(childNode)
 
         self.updateTemplate("DERIVED_DEVICE_FAMILY", self.derivedDeviceFamily)