@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
-from subprocess import Popen, CalledProcessError, PIPE
-from pycparser import c_parser, c_ast
 import logging
-import sys
 import os
+import sys
+import sysconfig
+import subprocess
+
+from pycparser import c_ast, c_parser
 
 _log = logging.getLogger()
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
+PY_MAJOR = sys.version_info[0]
+PY_MINOR = sys.version_info[1]
 
 # rename some members from their C name when generating the C#
 _typeoffset_member_renames = {
@@ -33,6 +36,14 @@
 }
 
 
+def _check_output(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Check output wrapper for py2/py3 compatibility"""
+    output = subprocess.check_output(*args, **kwargs)
+    if PY_MAJOR == 2:
+        return output
+    return output.decode("ascii")
+
+
 class AstParser(object):
     """Walk an AST and determine the members of all structs"""
 
@@ -147,23 +158,6 @@ def __get_struct_name(self, node):
         return node.name or "_struct_%d" % id(node)
 
 
-def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
-    """subprocess.check_output from python 2.7.
-    Added here to support building for earlier versions of Python.
-    """
-    process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
-    output, unused_err = process.communicate()
-    retcode = process.poll()
-    if retcode:
-        cmd = kwargs.get("args")
-        if cmd is None:
-            cmd = popenargs[0]
-        raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
-    if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
-        return output.decode("ascii")
-    return output
-
-
 def preprocess_python_headers():
     """Return Python.h pre-processed, ready for parsing.
     Requires clang.
@@ -172,7 +166,7 @@ def preprocess_python_headers():
                                      "fake_libc_include")
     include_dirs = [fake_libc_include]
 
-    include_py = get_config_var("INCLUDEPY")
+    include_py = sysconfig.get_config_var("INCLUDEPY")
     include_dirs.append(include_py)
 
     defines = [
@@ -195,7 +189,7 @@ def preprocess_python_headers():
 
     # normalize as the parser doesn't like windows line endings.
     lines = []
-    for line in check_output(cmd).splitlines():
+    for line in _check_output(cmd).splitlines():
         if line.startswith("#"):
             line = line.replace("\\", "/")
         lines.append(line)
@@ -206,7 +200,7 @@ def gen_interop_code(members):
     """Generate the TypeOffset C# class"""
 
     defines = [
-        "PYTHON%d%d" % (sys.version_info[:2])
+        "PYTHON{0}{1}".format(PY_MAJOR, PY_MINOR)
     ]
 
     if hasattr(sys, "abiflags"):
@@ -217,6 +211,8 @@ def gen_interop_code(members):
         if "u" in sys.abiflags:
             defines.append("PYTHON_WITH_WIDE_UNICODE")
 
+    filename = os.path.basename(__file__)
+    defines_str = " && ".join(defines)
     class_definition = """
 // Auto-generated by %s.
 // DO NOT MODIFIY BY HAND.
@@ -252,7 +248,7 @@ def gen_interop_code(members):
         }
 
         // Auto-generated from PyHeapTypeObject in Python.h
-""" % (os.path.basename(__file__), " && ".join(defines))
+""" % (filename, defines_str)
 
     # All the members are sizeof(void*) so we don't need to do any
     # extra work to determine the size based on the type.