diff --git a/tools/coverity.sh b/tools/coverity.sh
index e32f5b3993..8edce065ca 100755
--- a/tools/coverity.sh
+++ b/tools/coverity.sh
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ if [ "$AUTH_RES" = "Access denied" ]; then
     echo -e "\033[33;1mCoverity Scan API access denied. Check COVERITY_SCAN_PROJECT_NAME and COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN.\033[0m"
     exit 1
 else
-    AUTH=`echo $AUTH_RES | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['upload_permitted'])"`
-    if [ "$AUTH" = "True" ]; then
+    AUTH=`echo $AUTH_RES | jq .upload_permitted`
+    if [ "$AUTH" = "true" ]; then
         echo -e "\033[33;1mCoverity Scan analysis authorized per quota.\033[0m"
     else
-        WHEN=`echo $AUTH_RES | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['next_upload_permitted_at'])"`
+        WHEN=`echo $AUTH_RES | jq .next_upload_permitted_at`
         echo -e "\033[33;1mCoverity Scan analysis NOT authorized until $WHEN.\033[0m"
         exit 1
     fi
diff --git a/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh b/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh
index 38cb3d3158..6e81d14b33 100755
--- a/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh
+++ b/travis-ci/managers/fedora.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DOCKER_EXEC="${DOCKER_EXEC:-docker exec -it $CONT_NAME}"
 DOCKER_RUN="${DOCKER_RUN:-docker run}"
 REPO_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT:-$PWD}"
 ADDITIONAL_DEPS=(dnf-plugins-core
-                 python2 iputils
+                 jq iputils
                  hostname libasan
                  python3-pyparsing
                  python3-evdev