--- a/ConfigTreeNode.py	Fri Oct 28 13:06:52 2022 +0800
+++ b/ConfigTreeNode.py	Fri Oct 28 14:07:13 2022 +0800
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 import shutil
 from operator import add
 from functools import reduce
-from builtins import str as text
-from past.builtins import execfile
 
 from lxml import etree
 
@@ -294,7 +292,7 @@
         LDFLAGS = []
         if CTNLDFLAGS is not None:
             # LDFLAGS can be either string
-            if isinstance(CTNLDFLAGS, (str, text)):
+            if isinstance(CTNLDFLAGS, str):
                 LDFLAGS += [CTNLDFLAGS]
             # or list of strings
             elif isinstance(CTNLDFLAGS, list):
@@ -647,7 +645,7 @@
                 self.MandatoryParams = ("BaseParams", self.BaseParams)
                 basexmlfile.close()
             except Exception as exc:
-                msg = _("Couldn't load confnode base parameters {a1} :\n {a2}").format(a1=ConfNodeName, a2=text(exc))
+                msg = _("Couldn't load confnode base parameters {a1} :\n {a2}").format(a1=ConfNodeName, a2=str(exc))
                 self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(msg)
                 self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(traceback.format_exc())
 
@@ -664,7 +662,7 @@
                 self.CTNParams = (name, obj)
                 xmlfile.close()
             except Exception as exc:
-                msg = _("Couldn't load confnode parameters {a1} :\n {a2}").format(a1=ConfNodeName, a2=text(exc))
+                msg = _("Couldn't load confnode parameters {a1} :\n {a2}").format(a1=ConfNodeName, a2=str(exc))
                 self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(msg)
                 self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(traceback.format_exc())
 
@@ -677,7 +675,7 @@
                 try:
                     self.CTNAddChild(pname, ptype)
                 except Exception as exc:
-                    msg = _("Could not add child \"{a1}\", type {a2} :\n{a3}\n").format(a1=pname, a2=ptype, a3=text(exc))
+                    msg = _("Could not add child \"{a1}\", type {a2} :\n{a3}\n").format(a1=pname, a2=ptype, a3=str(exc))
                     self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(msg)
                     self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(traceback.format_exc())