diff --git a/srcpkgs/electron19/files/patches/electron-Add-a-script-to-list-patch-targets.patch.patch b/srcpkgs/electron19/files/patches/electron-Add-a-script-to-list-patch-targets.patch.patch
index 916dba9dc3b..4258b65ecc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/electron19/files/patches/electron-Add-a-script-to-list-patch-targets.patch.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/electron19/files/patches/electron-Add-a-script-to-list-patch-targets.patch.patch
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ index 000000000..55173bac9
 +def main():
 +  configs = parse_args().config
 +  for config_json in configs:
-+    for patch_dir, repo in json.load(config_json).iteritems():
++    for patch_dir, repo in json.load(config_json).items():
 +      print(repo)
 +
 +
diff --git a/srcpkgs/electron19/template b/srcpkgs/electron19/template
index ee888e1dceb..4b40de20a3f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/electron19/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/electron19/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _chromiumver=102.0.5005.125
 archs="x86_64* aarch64* ppc64le*"
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc="src"
-hostmakedepends="$(vopt_if clang "clang lld") python pkgconf perl gperf bison ninja nodejs hwids
+hostmakedepends="$(vopt_if clang "clang lld") pkgconf perl gperf bison ninja nodejs hwids
  libwebp-devel freetype-devel harfbuzz-devel libpng-devel nss-devel which git libevent-devel
  pciutils-devel ffmpeg-devel libxml2-devel libglib-devel yarn openjdk libxslt-devel
  opus-devel libXcursor-devel libXcomposite-devel libXtst-devel libXrandr-devel libXScrnSaver-devel
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ post_patch() {
 		."src/electron/patches/squirrel.mac", ."src/electron/patches/nan")' \
 		config.json.old > src/electron/patches/config.json
 
-	python2 src/electron/script/list_patch_targets.py src/electron/patches/config.json | while read -r repopath; do
+	python3.11 src/electron/script/list_patch_targets.py src/electron/patches/config.json | while read -r repopath; do
 		cd "$wrksrc"/"$repopath"
 		git init -q
 		git config "gc.auto" 0
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ post_patch() {
 		cd "$wrksrc"
 	done
 
-	python2 src/electron/script/apply_all_patches.py src/electron/patches/config.json
+	python3.11 src/electron/script/apply_all_patches.py src/electron/patches/config.json
 	touch .electron_patches_done
 	fi
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	CC="${CC_FOR_BUILD:-$CC}" CXX="${CXX_FOR_BUILD:-$CXX}" LD="${LD_FOR_BUILD:-$LD}" \
 	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD:-$CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD:-$CXXFLAGS}" \
 	LDFLAGS="${XBPS_LDFLAGS}" \
-		python2 tools/gn/bootstrap/bootstrap.py -s -v --skip-generate-buildfiles
+		python3.11 tools/gn/bootstrap/bootstrap.py -s -v --skip-generate-buildfiles
 
 	# we need to generate ppc64 stuff for libvpx as it's not shipped
 	# this has to be done before unbundling, but after gn is built