diff --git a/tools/buildman/builderthread.py b/tools/buildman/builderthread.py
index 8a9d47c..570c1f6 100644
--- a/tools/buildman/builderthread.py
+++ b/tools/buildman/builderthread.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     except OSError as err:
         if err.errno == errno.EEXIST:
             if os.path.realpath('.') == os.path.realpath(dirname):
-                print "Cannot create the current working directory '%s'!" % dirname
+                print("Cannot create the current working directory '%s'!" % dirname)
                 sys.exit(1)
             pass
         else:
@@ -291,15 +291,13 @@
         outfile = os.path.join(build_dir, 'log')
         with open(outfile, 'w') as fd:
             if result.stdout:
-                # We don't want unicode characters in log files
-                fd.write(result.stdout.decode('UTF-8').encode('ASCII', 'replace'))
+                fd.write(result.stdout)
 
         errfile = self.builder.GetErrFile(result.commit_upto,
                 result.brd.target)
         if result.stderr:
             with open(errfile, 'w') as fd:
-                # We don't want unicode characters in log files
-                fd.write(result.stderr.decode('UTF-8').encode('ASCII', 'replace'))
+                fd.write(result.stderr)
         elif os.path.exists(errfile):
             os.remove(errfile)
 
@@ -314,17 +312,17 @@
                 else:
                     fd.write('%s' % result.return_code)
             with open(os.path.join(build_dir, 'toolchain'), 'w') as fd:
-                print >>fd, 'gcc', result.toolchain.gcc
-                print >>fd, 'path', result.toolchain.path
-                print >>fd, 'cross', result.toolchain.cross
-                print >>fd, 'arch', result.toolchain.arch
+                print('gcc', result.toolchain.gcc, file=fd)
+                print('path', result.toolchain.path, file=fd)
+                print('cross', result.toolchain.cross, file=fd)
+                print('arch', result.toolchain.arch, file=fd)
                 fd.write('%s' % result.return_code)
 
             # Write out the image and function size information and an objdump
             env = result.toolchain.MakeEnvironment(self.builder.full_path)
             with open(os.path.join(build_dir, 'env'), 'w') as fd:
                 for var in sorted(env.keys()):
-                    print >>fd, '%s="%s"' % (var, env[var])
+                    print('%s="%s"' % (var, env[var]), file=fd)
             lines = []
             for fname in ['u-boot', 'spl/u-boot-spl']:
                 cmd = ['%snm' % self.toolchain.cross, '--size-sort', fname]
@@ -335,7 +333,7 @@
                     nm = self.builder.GetFuncSizesFile(result.commit_upto,
                                     result.brd.target, fname)
                     with open(nm, 'w') as fd:
-                        print >>fd, nm_result.stdout,
+                        print(nm_result.stdout, end=' ', file=fd)
 
                 cmd = ['%sobjdump' % self.toolchain.cross, '-h', fname]
                 dump_result = command.RunPipe([cmd], capture=True,
@@ -346,7 +344,7 @@
                     objdump = self.builder.GetObjdumpFile(result.commit_upto,
                                     result.brd.target, fname)
                     with open(objdump, 'w') as fd:
-                        print >>fd, dump_result.stdout,
+                        print(dump_result.stdout, end=' ', file=fd)
                     for line in dump_result.stdout.splitlines():
                         fields = line.split()
                         if len(fields) > 5 and fields[1] == '.rodata':
@@ -378,7 +376,7 @@
                 sizes = self.builder.GetSizesFile(result.commit_upto,
                                 result.brd.target)
                 with open(sizes, 'w') as fd:
-                    print >>fd, '\n'.join(lines)
+                    print('\n'.join(lines), file=fd)
 
         # Write out the configuration files, with a special case for SPL
         for dirname in ['', 'spl', 'tpl']: