diff --git a/kde_generate_export_header b/kde_generate_export_header
index cc9d51d..e6af82f 100755
--- a/kde_generate_export_header
+++ b/kde_generate_export_header
@@ -1,61 +1,61 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
-import os, sys, string
+import os, sys
 
 def help():
         print("Usage: %s foo_export.h FOO_EXPORT libname" % sys.argv[0])
 
 if len(sys.argv) < 4:
         help()
         sys.exit()
 
 filename=sys.argv[1]
 FOO_EXPORT=sys.argv[2]
-LIBNAME=string.upper(sys.argv[3])
-HEADER_PROTECTION=string.replace(string.upper(filename),'.','_')
+LIBNAME=sys.argv[3].upper()
+HEADER_PROTECTION=filename.upper().replace('.','_')
 
 file=open(filename,'w')
 file.write("\
 /*  This file is part of the KDE project\n\
     Copyright (C) 2007 David Faure <faure@kde.org>\n\
 \n\
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n\
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public\n\
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either\n\
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\
 \n\
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n\
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n\
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU\n\
     Library General Public License for more details.\n\
 \n\
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License\n\
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to\n\
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,\n\
     Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.\n\
 */\n\
 \n\
 #ifndef %(HEADER_PROTECTION)s\n\
 #define %(HEADER_PROTECTION)s\n\
 \n\
 /* needed for KDE_EXPORT and KDE_IMPORT macros */\n\
 #include <kdemacros.h>\n\
 \n\
 #ifndef %(FOO_EXPORT)s\n\
 # if defined(MAKE_%(LIBNAME)s_LIB)\n\
    /* We are building this library */\n\
 #  define %(FOO_EXPORT)s KDE_EXPORT\n\
 # else\n\
    /* We are using this library */\n\
 #  define %(FOO_EXPORT)s KDE_IMPORT\n\
 # endif\n\
 #endif\n\
 \n\
 # ifndef %(FOO_EXPORT)s_DEPRECATED\n\
 #  define %(FOO_EXPORT)s_DEPRECATED KDE_DEPRECATED %(FOO_EXPORT)s\n\
 # endif\n\
 \n\
 #endif\n" % vars())
 file.close()
 
 os.system("svn add "+filename)