diff --git a/utilities/logmgmt/centos/logmgmt.spec b/utilities/logmgmt/centos/logmgmt.spec
index e3a22792..c52fcd10 100644
--- a/utilities/logmgmt/centos/logmgmt.spec
+++ b/utilities/logmgmt/centos/logmgmt.spec
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ URL: unknown
 Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: LICENSE
 
-BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
-BuildRequires: python3-pip
-BuildRequires: python3-wheel
+BuildRequires: python-setuptools
+BuildRequires: python2-pip
+BuildRequires: python2-wheel
 BuildRequires: systemd-devel
 Requires: systemd
-Requires: python3-daemon
+Requires: python-daemon
 
 %description
 Management of /var/log filesystem
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Management of /var/log filesystem
 %define local_bindir /usr/bin/
 %define local_etc_initd /etc/init.d/
 %define local_etc_pmond /etc/pmon.d/
-%define pythonroot %{python3_sitearch}
+%define pythonroot /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
 
 %define debug_package %{nil}
 
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ Management of /var/log filesystem
 rm -rf *.egg-info
 
 %build
-%{__python3} setup.py build
-%{__python3} setup.py bdist_wheel
+%{__python} setup.py build
+%py2_build_wheel
 
 %install
-%{__python3} setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
+%{__python} setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
                              --install-lib=%{pythonroot} \
                              --prefix=/usr \
                              --install-data=/usr/share \
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_unitdir}/logmgmt.service
 %dir %{pythonroot}/%{name}
 %{pythonroot}/%{name}/*
-%dir %{pythonroot}/%{name}-%{version}.0-py3.6.egg-info
-%{pythonroot}/%{name}-%{version}.0-py3.6.egg-info/*
+%dir %{pythonroot}/%{name}-%{version}.0-py2.7.egg-info
+%{pythonroot}/%{name}-%{version}.0-py2.7.egg-info/*
 
 %package wheels
 Summary: %{name} wheels
diff --git a/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt.py b/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt.py
index bb6c48f1..fe5e83c3 100644
--- a/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt.py
+++ b/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt/logmgmt.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ LOGROTATE_PERIOD = 600  # Every ten minutes
 ###################
 def start_polling():
     logmgmt_daemon = LogMgmtDaemon()
-    logmgmt_runner = MyDaemonRunner(logmgmt_daemon)
+    logmgmt_runner = runner.DaemonRunner(logmgmt_daemon)
     logmgmt_runner.daemon_context.umask = 0o022
     logmgmt_runner.do_action()
 
@@ -57,18 +57,6 @@ def handle_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
 ###################
 # CLASSES
 ###################
-class MyDaemonRunner(runner.DaemonRunner):
-    # Workaround: fix the "unbuffered bytes I/O for py3" runtime
-    # error in pyhon3 env.
-    def _open_streams_from_app_stream_paths(self, app):
-        self.daemon_context.stdin = open(app.stdin_path, 'rt')
-        self.daemon_context.stdout = open(app.stdout_path, 'w+t')
-        try:
-            self.daemon_context.stderr = open(app.stderr_path, 'w+t', buffering=0)
-        except:
-            self.daemon_context.stderr = open(app.stderr_path, 'wb+', buffering=0)
-
-
 class LogMgmtDaemon():
     """Daemon process representation of the /var/log monitoring program"""
     def __init__(self):
@@ -134,7 +122,7 @@ class LogMgmtDaemon():
             output = subprocess.check_output(['/usr/sbin/logrotate', '-d', '/etc/logrotate.conf'],
                                              stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
-            for line in output.decode().split('\n'):
+            for line in output.split('\n'):
                 fields = line.split()
                 if len(fields) > 0 and fields[0] == "considering":
                     self.monitored_files.extend(glob.glob(fields[2]))
@@ -152,7 +140,7 @@ class LogMgmtDaemon():
         try:
             output = subprocess.check_output(['find', '/var/log', '-type', 'f'])
 
-            for fname in output.decode().split('\n'):
+            for fname in output.split('\n'):
                 if fname in self.monitored_files:
                     continue
 
diff --git a/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/setup.py b/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/setup.py
index 67b4c9e1..deab3ddc 100644
--- a/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/setup.py
+++ b/utilities/logmgmt/logmgmt/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
 Copyright (c) 2014 Wind River Systems, Inc.
diff --git a/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt b/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt
index ab3d596f..bb02df90 100644
--- a/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt
+++ b/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
 Copyright (c) 2014 Wind River Systems, Inc.
diff --git a/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_postrotate b/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_postrotate
index 2fd8db4d..dfdb097c 100644
--- a/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_postrotate
+++ b/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_postrotate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
 Copyright (c) 2014 Wind River Systems, Inc.
diff --git a/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_prerotate b/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_prerotate
index ef6cd383..f641d61b 100644
--- a/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_prerotate
+++ b/utilities/logmgmt/scripts/bin/logmgmt_prerotate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
 Copyright (c) 2014 Wind River Systems, Inc.