diff --git a/backend/utils.py b/backend/utils.py
index b1d18ffe40fdf35a5382370b5c5bf9a9c74a5b53..cd8ce202950b89b06cd85e714ad283051994818e 100644
--- a/backend/utils.py
+++ b/backend/utils.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class StreamStdoutKeepStderr(object):
                     else:
                         last_line = l
             elif tag == "E":
-                self.stderr.write(str(buf))
+                self.stderr.write(buf)
         if last_line is not None:
             yield last_line
 
diff --git a/dsa/housekeeping.py b/dsa/housekeeping.py
index d0ab4179f4bf9094e1ede675e28c3580a816e4fa..800a7b373d3b6262dcc66eb739bfcef2a19ac7a8 100644
--- a/dsa/housekeeping.py
+++ b/dsa/housekeeping.py
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-
-
-
-
 import django_housekeeping as hk
 from django.db import transaction
 from backend.housekeeping import MakeLink, Housekeeper
diff --git a/dsa/models.py b/dsa/models.py
index c688b8310c76e263ac38c2c1621171ac861f64ff..d5793b5fb0bf5c98d33c4e11efb727ffa910a523 100644
--- a/dsa/models.py
+++ b/dsa/models.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 """
 Code used to access Debian's LDAP
 """
-
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
-try:
-    import ldap
-except ImportError:
-    import ldap3 as ldap
+import ldap3
 
 LDAP_SERVER = getattr(settings, "LDAP_SERVER", "ldap://db.debian.org")
 
@@ -17,13 +13,13 @@ class Entry(object):
         self.attrs = None
         self.uid = None
 
-    def init(self, dn, attrs):
+    def init(self, entry):
         """
         Init entry to point at these attributes
         """
-        self.dn = dn
-        self.attrs = attrs
-        self.uid = attrs["uid"][0]
+        self.dn = entry.entry_get_dn()
+        self.attrs = entry
+        self.uid = entry["uid"][0]
 
     def single(self, name):
         """
@@ -45,11 +41,10 @@ class Entry(object):
         return "guest" in self.attrs["supplementaryGid"]
 
 def list_people():
-    search_base = "dc=debian,dc=org"
-    l = ldap.initialize(LDAP_SERVER)
-    l.simple_bind_s("","")
+    conn = ldap3.Connection(LDAP_SERVER, auto_bind=True)
+    conn.search("dc=debian,dc=org", "(objectclass=inetOrgPerson)", ldap3.SUBTREE, attributes=ldap3.ALL_ATTRIBUTES)
     # Create the object only once
     entry = Entry()
-    for dn, attrs in l.search_s(search_base, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "objectclass=inetOrgPerson"):
-        entry.init(dn, attrs)
+    for e in conn.entries:
+        entry.init(e)
         yield entry
diff --git a/keyring/git.py b/keyring/git.py
index badcaa109828eabe3b4934b003e361b97d84da32..0fd8c8f86022a6202993682dd1c2dbb69084d56c 100644
--- a/keyring/git.py
+++ b/keyring/git.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class LogEntry(object):
         if self.re_update_changelog.match(subject): return None
         if self.re_import_changes.match(subject): return None
         if body.startswith("Action:"):
-            operation = email.message_from_string(body.encode("utf-8"))
-            return dict(list(operation.items()))
+            operation = email.message_from_string(body)
+            return dict(operation.items())
         else:
             for match in self.re_summaries:
                 mo = match["re"].match(subject)
diff --git a/keyring/git_ops.py b/keyring/git_ops.py
index a08516b17a7ed01b5b5bde486ca17d5bf5e02e10..6b92b2d7d873690e88116ea67fda6c8868871bd4 100644
--- a/keyring/git_ops.py
+++ b/keyring/git_ops.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Add(RoleOperation):
         This is better than nothing, but not a lot better than that.
         """
         # See http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
-        fn = subject.decode('utf8').split()
+        fn = subject.split()
         if len(fn) == 1:
             return fn[0], "", ""
         elif len(fn) == 2: