2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py
index 782db8b523..963aa8d358 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ class OESDKTestCase(OETestCase):
     def _run(self, cmd):
         return subprocess.check_output(". %s > /dev/null; %s;" % \
                 (self.tc.sdk_env, cmd), shell=True,
-                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/case.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/case.py
index 6f708aa4ca..21b718831c 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/case.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/case.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ class OESDKExtTestCase(OESDKTestCase):
 
         return subprocess.check_output(". %s > /dev/null;"\
             " %s;" % (self.tc.sdk_env, cmd), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-            shell=True, env=env).decode("utf-8")
+            shell=True, env=env, universal_newlines=True)