diff --git a/contrib/copy-packages b/contrib/copy-packages
index 69282e35b..24ad42482 100644
--- a/contrib/copy-packages
+++ b/contrib/copy-packages
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def main():
             download_urls['downloads/' + version['filename']] = version['download_url']
 
     for filename, download_url in download_urls.items():
-        print "downloading", filename
+        print("downloading {0}".format(filename))
         download_file(filename, download_url)
         upload_file(filename)
 
diff --git a/contrib/dokku-installer.py b/contrib/dokku-installer.py
index 741ce51d3..20765781c 100755
--- a/contrib/dokku-installer.py
+++ b/contrib/dokku-installer.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import cgi
 import json
 import os
 import re
-import SimpleHTTPServer
-import SocketServer
+try:
+    import SimpleHTTPServer
+    import SocketServer
+except ImportError:
+    import http.server as SimpleHTTPServer
+    import socketserver as SocketServer
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ def main():
 
     port = int(os.getenv('PORT', 2000))
     httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(("", port), GetHandler)
-    print "Listening on 0.0.0.0:{0}, CTRL+C to stop".format(port)
+    print("Listening on 0.0.0.0:{0}, CTRL+C to stop".format(port))
     httpd.serve_forever()
 
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e883b4f8d..7686d27e8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Version: 0.18.3
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
-Depends: locales, git, curl, man-db, netcat, sshcommand (>= 0.6.0), gliderlabs-sigil, docker-engine-cs (>= 1.13.0) | docker-engine (>= 1.13.0) | docker-io (>= 1.13.0) | docker.io (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ce (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ee (>= 1.13.0), net-tools, software-properties-common, procfile-util, python-software-properties | python3-software-properties, rsyslog, dos2unix
+Depends: locales, git, curl, man-db, netcat, sshcommand (>= 0.6.0), gliderlabs-sigil, docker-engine-cs (>= 1.13.0) | docker-engine (>= 1.13.0) | docker-io (>= 1.13.0) | docker.io (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ce (>= 1.13.0) | docker-ee (>= 1.13.0), net-tools, software-properties-common, procfile-util, python-software-properties | python3-software-properties, rsyslog, dos2unix, jq
 Recommends: herokuish (>= 0.3.4), parallel, dokku-update
-Pre-Depends: nginx (>= 1.8.0) | openresty, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.3.0), sudo, python2.7, debconf
+Pre-Depends: nginx (>= 1.8.0) | openresty, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.3.0), sudo, python | python2.7 | python3, debconf
 Maintainer: Jose Diaz-Gonzalez <dokku@josediazgonzalez.com>
 Description: Docker-powered PaaS that helps build and manage the lifecycle of applications
  Dokku is an extensible, open source Platform as a Service
diff --git a/debian/lintian-overrides b/debian/lintian-overrides
index b659deeeb..31e14eb7e 100644
--- a/debian/lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/lintian-overrides
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ dokku: hardening-no-relro
 
 # Built golang binaries link to libc
 dokku: missing-dependency-on-libc
+
+# Temporary python dependency until #2247 is resolved
+dokku: python-script-but-no-python-dep usr/share/dokku/contrib/dokku-installer.py
diff --git a/plugins/app-json/internal-functions b/plugins/app-json/internal-functions
index b5adb2c6c..cdb8ff68c 100755
--- a/plugins/app-json/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/app-json/internal-functions
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ get_phase_script() {
     return 0
   fi
 
-  get_json_value "scripts.dokku.${PHASE_SCRIPT_KEY}" <"$APP_JSON_FILE"
+  get_json_value ".scripts.dokku.${PHASE_SCRIPT_KEY}" <"$APP_JSON_FILE"
 }
 
 get_release_cmd() {
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index b3aee81bd..65daac823 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -923,24 +923,10 @@ internal_get_app_urls() {
 get_json_value() {
   declare desc="return value of provided json key from a json stream on stdin"
   # JSON_NODE should be expresses as either a top-level object that has no children
-  # or in the format of json.node.path
+  # or in the format of .json.node.path
   local JSON_NODE="$1"
-  local JSON_NODE=${JSON_NODE//\./\"][\"}
-  local JSON_NODE="[\"${JSON_NODE}\"]"
-  cat | python2.7 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print json.dumps(obj'"${JSON_NODE}"').strip("\"")'
-}
 
-get_json_keys() {
-  declare desc="return space-separated list of json keys from json provided on stdin"
-  # JSON_NODE should be expressed as json.node.path and is expected to have children
-  local JSON_NODE="$1"
-  local JSON_NODE=${JSON_NODE//\./\"][\"}
-  local JSON_NODE="[\"${JSON_NODE}\"]"
-  if [[ "$JSON_NODE" == "[\"\"]" ]]; then
-    cat | python2.7 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print " ".join(obj.keys())'
-  else
-    cat | python2.7 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print " ".join(obj'"${JSON_NODE}"'.keys())'
-  fi
+  cat | jq -r "${JSON_NODE} | select (.!=null)" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 strip_inline_comments() {
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-inspect b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-inspect
index 19708c3f5..c6ef49d06 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-inspect
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-inspect
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ for container in data:
     container['Config']['Env'] = env
     output.append(container)
 
-print json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+print(json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
 EOF
 
   local CONTAINER_FILES="$(find "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP" -maxdepth 1 -name "CONTAINER.*" -printf "%f\n" 2>/dev/null | sort -t . -k 2 -n | xargs)"
diff --git a/rpm.mk b/rpm.mk
index ccc0ca9af..fb5cdbe86 100644
--- a/rpm.mk
+++ b/rpm.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ endif
 		--depends 'dos2unix' \
 		--depends 'git' \
 		--depends 'gliderlabs-sigil' \
+		--depends 'jq' \
 		--depends 'man-db' \
 		--depends 'nc' \
 		--depends 'nginx >= 1.8.0' \
diff --git a/tests/ci/setup.sh b/tests/ci/setup.sh
index 01951d58d..eb888f58c 100755
--- a/tests/ci/setup.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/setup.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install_dependencies() {
 
   sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx/stable
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get -qq -y install cgroupfs-mount dos2unix nginx
+  sudo apt-get -qq -y install cgroupfs-mount dos2unix jq nginx
   sudo cp "${ROOT_DIR}/tests/dhparam.pem" /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem
 
   sudo dpkg -i "${ROOT_DIR}/build/$HEROKUISH_PACKAGE_NAME" \