diff --git a/zulip/integrations/git/post-receive b/zulip/integrations/git/post-receive
index b22db1b..8b28086 100755
--- a/zulip/integrations/git/post-receive
+++ b/zulip/integrations/git/post-receive
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def git_commit_range(oldrev, newrev):
     log_cmd = ["git", "log", "--reverse",
                "--pretty=%aE %H %s", "%s..%s" % (oldrev, newrev)]
     commits = ''
-    for ln in subprocess.check_output(log_cmd).splitlines():
+    for ln in subprocess.check_output(log_cmd, universal_newlines=True).splitlines():
         author_email, commit_id, subject  = ln.split(None, 2)
         if hasattr(config, "format_commit_message"):
             commits += config.format_commit_message(author_email, subject, commit_id)
diff --git a/zulip/integrations/openshift/post_deploy b/zulip/integrations/openshift/post_deploy
index f1a636e..495ae4c 100755
--- a/zulip/integrations/openshift/post_deploy
+++ b/zulip/integrations/openshift/post_deploy
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def get_deployment_details():
     # "gear deployments" output example:
     #   Activation time - Deployment ID - Git Ref - Git SHA1
     #   2017-01-07 15:40:30 -0500 - 9e2b7143 - master - b9ce57c - ACTIVE
-    dep = subprocess.check_output(['gear', 'deployments']).splitlines()[1]
+    dep = subprocess.check_output(['gear', 'deployments'], universal_newlines=True).splitlines()[1]
     splits = dep.split(' - ')
 
     return dict(app_name=os.environ['OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME'],