diff --git a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/README b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/README
index b33a91d6..6daf1d40 100644
--- a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/README
+++ b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The Engineering tools is meant to be installed as a patch. Therefore, the RPM is
 of the build but is not included in the image. Assuming your development environment is fully set up,
 simply run patch-engtools.sh to generate the patch:
 
-In this directory ($MY_REPO/stx/middleware/util/recipes-common/engtools/hostdata-collectors),
+In this directory ($MY_REPO/stx/utilities/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors),
 enter the command:
 >./patch-engtools.sh
 
diff --git a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/centos/collect-engtools.spec b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/centos/collect-engtools.spec
index 288577bc..1d83efb3 100644
--- a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/centos/collect-engtools.spec
+++ b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/centos/collect-engtools.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: systemd
 Requires: iperf3
+Requires: python36-six
+Requires: python36-psutil
 
 %description
 This package contains data collection tools to monitor host performance.
diff --git a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/patch-engtools.sh b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/patch-engtools.sh
index dbb80682..88c2cd32 100755
--- a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/patch-engtools.sh
+++ b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/patch-engtools.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-source ${MY_REPO}/stx/middleware/recipes-common/build-info/release-info.inc
+source ${MY_REPO}/stx/utilities/utilities/build-info/release-info.inc
 #TiS_REL="16.10"
 #PATCH_ID="ENGTOOLS-${TiS_REL}"
 PATCH_ID="ENGTOOLS-${PLATFORM_RELEASE}"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PWD=$(pwd)
 
 # Create CGCS Patch
 cd ${MY_WORKSPACE}
-PATCH_BUILD=${MY_REPO}/stx/stx-update/extras/scripts/patch_build.sh
+PATCH_BUILD=${MY_REPO}/stx/update/extras/scripts/patch_build.sh
 ${PATCH_BUILD} --id ${PATCH_ID} --reboot-required=N \
     --summary "System engineering data collection and analysis tools." \
     --desc    "System engineering data collection and analysis tools." \
diff --git a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/buddyinfo.py b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/buddyinfo.py
index d23b404b..3cf3427d 100644
--- a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/buddyinfo.py
+++ b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/buddyinfo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # vim: tabstop=4 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=79 autoindent
 
 """
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Last author: lmwangi at gmail  com
 Displays the available memory fragments
 by querying /proc/buddyinfo
 Example:
-# python buddyinfo.py
+# python3 buddyinfo.py
 """
 import optparse
 import os
diff --git a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/cfg/engtools.conf b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/cfg/engtools.conf
index 6ef46ed8..cbbf7be5 100644
--- a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/cfg/engtools.conf
+++ b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/cfg/engtools.conf
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ OPEN_STACK_SERVICE_LIST=nova cinder aodh barbican ceilometer heat glance ceph ho
 SKIP_LIST=ps top sh <defunct> curl awk wc sleep lsof cut grep ip tail su
 
 [ExcludeList]
-EXCLUDE_LIST=python python2 bash perl sudo init
+EXCLUDE_LIST=python python2 python3 bash perl sudo init
 
 [ApiStatsConstantPorts]
 DB_PORT_NUMBER=5432
diff --git a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/live_stream.py b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/live_stream.py
index 3fc10a50..c32dd745 100644
--- a/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/live_stream.py
+++ b/tools/engtools/hostdata-collectors/scripts/live_stream.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 
 """
 Copyright (c) 2017 Wind River Systems, Inc.
@@ -1478,14 +1478,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             # use first interface if not specified in engtools.conf
             if external_if == "" or external_if is None:
                 p = Popen("ifconfig", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
-                external_if = p.stdout.readline().split(":")[0]
+                external_if = p.stdout.readline().decode().split(":")[0]
                 p.kill()
             appendToFile("/tmp/livestream.log", "-External interface for {}: {}".format(node, external_if))
             # enable IP forwarding
             p = Popen("sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 > /dev/null", shell=True)
             p.communicate()
             p = Popen("iptables -t nat -L --line-numbers", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
-            tmp = [line.strip("\n") for line in p.stdout.readlines()]
+            tmp = [line.decode().strip("\n") for line in p.stdout.readlines()]
             # entries need to be removed in reverse order
             for line in reversed(tmp):
                 formatted_line = " ".join(line.strip("\n").split()[1:])