diff --git net-im/telepathy-idle/Makefile net-im/telepathy-idle/Makefile
index d123a04adf4d..fcdacd6d7349 100644
--- net-im/telepathy-idle/Makefile
+++ net-im/telepathy-idle/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COMMENT=	IRC Connection Manager for Telepathy Framework
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libdbus-glib-1.so:devel/dbus-glib \
 		libtelepathy-glib.so:net-im/telepathy-glib
 
-USES=		gmake gnome libtool pathfix pkgconfig python:2.7,build ssl
+USES=		gmake gnome libtool pathfix pkgconfig python:build ssl
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 libxslt:build
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
diff --git net-im/telepathy-idle/files/patch-tools_glib-ginterface-gen.py net-im/telepathy-idle/files/patch-tools_glib-ginterface-gen.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39816830d2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ net-im/telepathy-idle/files/patch-tools_glib-ginterface-gen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--- tools/glib-ginterface-gen.py.orig	2020-09-28 19:59:50 UTC
++++ tools/glib-ginterface-gen.py
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+ # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ 
++import functools
+ import sys
+ import os.path
+ import xml.dom.minidom
+@@ -85,18 +86,12 @@ class Generator(object):
+         self.allow_havoc = allow_havoc
+ 
+     def h(self, s):
+-        if isinstance(s, unicode):
+-            s = s.encode('utf-8')
+         self.__header.append(s)
+ 
+     def b(self, s):
+-        if isinstance(s, unicode):
+-            s = s.encode('utf-8')
+         self.__body.append(s)
+ 
+     def d(self, s):
+-        if isinstance(s, unicode):
+-            s = s.encode('utf-8')
+         self.__docs.append(s)
+ 
+     def do_node(self, node):
+@@ -733,7 +728,7 @@ class Generator(object):
+ 
+     def __call__(self):
+         nodes = self.dom.getElementsByTagName('node')
+-        nodes.sort(cmp_by_name)
++        nodes.sort(key=functools.cmp_to_key(cmp_by_name))
+ 
+         self.h('#include <glib-object.h>')
+         self.h('#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>')
+@@ -768,7 +763,7 @@ class Generator(object):
+         file_set_contents(self.basename + '-gtk-doc.h', '\n'.join(self.__docs))
+ 
+ def cmdline_error():
+-    print """\
++    print ("""\
+ usage:
+     gen-ginterface [OPTIONS] xmlfile Prefix_
+ options:
+@@ -788,7 +783,7 @@ options:
+             void symbol (DBusGMethodInvocation *context)
+         and return some sort of "not implemented" error via
+             dbus_g_method_return_error (context, ...)
+-"""
++""")
+     sys.exit(1)
+ 
+ 
diff --git net-im/telepathy-idle/files/patch-tools_libglibcodegen.py net-im/telepathy-idle/files/patch-tools_libglibcodegen.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2765534f85db
--- /dev/null
+++ net-im/telepathy-idle/files/patch-tools_libglibcodegen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- tools/libglibcodegen.py.orig	2013-09-19 15:01:59 UTC
++++ tools/libglibcodegen.py
+@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def type_to_gtype(s):
+         return ("GHashTable *", "DBUS_TYPE_G_STRING_STRING_HASHTABLE", "BOXED", False)
+     elif s[:2] == 'a{':  #some arbitrary hash tables
+         if s[2] not in ('y', 'b', 'n', 'q', 'i', 'u', 's', 'o', 'g'):
+-            raise Exception, "can't index a hashtable off non-basic type " + s
++            raise Exception("can't index a hashtable off non-basic type " + s)
+         first = type_to_gtype(s[2])
+         second = type_to_gtype(s[3:-1])
+         return ("GHashTable *", "(dbus_g_type_get_map (\"GHashTable\", " + first[1] + ", " + second[1] + "))", "BOXED", False)
+@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ def type_to_gtype(s):
+         return ("GValueArray *", gtype, "BOXED", True)
+ 
+     # we just don't know ..
+-    raise Exception, "don't know the GType for " + s
++    raise(Exception, "don't know the GType for " + s)