diff --git a/FWCore/ParameterSet/python/DictTypes.py b/FWCore/ParameterSet/python/DictTypes.py
index 24903dc2f3d64..189b474f9eaec 100644
--- a/FWCore/ParameterSet/python/DictTypes.py
+++ b/FWCore/ParameterSet/python/DictTypes.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def itervalues(self):
     def keys(self):
         return self.list
     def values(self):
-        return [ dict.__getitems__(self, key) for key in self.list]
+        return [ dict.__getitem__(self, key) for key in self.list]
 
 
 class SortedAndFixedKeysDict(SortedKeysDict):
diff --git a/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/MakePyBind11ParameterSets.cc b/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/MakePyBind11ParameterSets.cc
index 623c908ad2c9b..d28386fa7e002 100644
--- a/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/MakePyBind11ParameterSets.cc
+++ b/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/MakePyBind11ParameterSets.cc
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ static
 void
 makePSetsFromFile(std::string const& fileName) { 
   std::string initCommand("from FWCore.ParameterSet.Types import makeCppPSet\n"
-                          "execfile('");
-  initCommand += fileName + "')";
-
+                          "exec(open('");
+  initCommand += fileName + "').read())";
   pybind11::exec(initCommand);
   pybind11::exec("makeCppPSet(locals(), topPSet)");
 }
diff --git a/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/PyBind11ProcessDesc.cc b/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/PyBind11ProcessDesc.cc
index 3d24668722316..df76d0827a9b6 100644
--- a/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/PyBind11ProcessDesc.cc
+++ b/FWCore/PyDevParameterSet/src/PyBind11ProcessDesc.cc
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ void PyBind11ProcessDesc::read(std::string const& config) {
 }
 
 void PyBind11ProcessDesc::readFile(std::string const& fileName) {
-  std::string initCommand("import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms\n"
-                          "execfile('");
-  initCommand += fileName + "')";
+  std::string initCommand("from FWCore.ParameterSet.Types import makeCppPSet\n"
+                          "exec(open('");
+  initCommand += fileName + "').read())";
 
   pybind11::exec(initCommand.c_str());
   std::string command("process.fillProcessDesc(processPSet)");