diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5b39124..094f3a9d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 build/
 .ropeproject/
 .vscode/
+dist/
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index c58542c9..2e0f7842 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -144,14 +144,6 @@ confidence=HIGH,
 # no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
 # --disable=W".
 disable=raw-checker-failed,
-        bad-inline-option,
-        locally-disabled,
-        file-ignored,
-        suppressed-message,
-        useless-suppression,
-        deprecated-pragma,
-        use-symbolic-message-instead,
-        useless-object-inheritance,
         consider-using-dict-items,
         broad-except,
         consider-using-with,
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 44a9a379..d24eb1d3 100755
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Please see their documentation for details on how to install and use these conta
 ### Install base
 ** Requires Python Setuptool
 ```
-# python setup.py install
+# python3 -m pip install .
 ```
 
 ### Create documentation
@@ -81,20 +81,20 @@ Please see their documentation for details on how to install and use these conta
 ### Install common plugins
 ```
 # cd ${TARGET}/holland/plugins/holland.lib.common/
-# python setup.py install
+# python3 -m pip install .
 ```
 
 ### Most plugins require the holland.lib.mysql plugin
 ** The MySQldb connector requires gcc, mysql-devel, and python-devel
 ```
 # cd ${TARGET}/holland/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/
-# python setup.py install
+# python3 -m pip install .
 ```
 
 ### Install other plugins
 ```
 # cd ../holland.backup.{plugin name}
-# python setup.py install
+# python3 -m pip install .
 ```
 
 ### Setup configuration files
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c7f4d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+default: pylint
+.PHONY: pylint_base pylint_plugins pylint
+PROJDIR := $(realpath $(CURDIR))
+PLUGINS = ${shell find $(PROJDIR)/plugins/ -maxdepth 1 -name "holland.*"  -print}
+
+
+pylint_base:
+	pylint holland || exit 1
+	
+pylint_plugins:
+	for dir in $(PLUGINS) ; do echo $$dir; pylint $$dir/holland || exit 1; done
+
+pylint: pylint_base pylint_plugins
+
diff --git a/holland/commands/backup.py b/holland/commands/backup.py
index 0ad48287..ff79b2a4 100644
--- a/holland/commands/backup.py
+++ b/holland/commands/backup.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def call_hooks(event, entry):
     return 0
 
 
-class PurgeManager(object):
+class PurgeManager:
     """
     Find and clean up old backups
     """
diff --git a/holland/core/backup/base.py b/holland/core/backup/base.py
index 7b54b7d0..6e5d8b1c 100644
--- a/holland/core/backup/base.py
+++ b/holland/core/backup/base.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class BackupError(Exception):
     """Error during a backup"""
 
 
-class BackupPlugin(object):
+class BackupPlugin:
     """
     Define a backup plugin
     """
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def load_plugin(name, config, path, dry_run):
         )
 
 
-class BackupRunner(object):
+class BackupRunner:
     """
     Run backup
     """
diff --git a/holland/core/command/command.py b/holland/core/command/command.py
index 0e6f2a3d..6da33a14 100644
--- a/holland/core/command/command.py
+++ b/holland/core/command/command.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 HOLLAND_VERSION = get_distribution("holland").version
 HOLLAND_BANNER = f"""
-Holland Backup v%s
+Holland Backup v{HOLLAND_VERSION}
 Copyright (c) 2008-2018 Rackspace US, Inc.
 More info available at http://hollandbackup.org
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 [[[[[[[]]]]]]] [[[[[[[]]]]]]]
 [[[[[[[]]]]]]] [[[[[[[]]]]]]]
 
-{HOLLAND_VERSION}
 """
 
 HOLLAND_CONF = "/etc/holland/holland.conf"
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@
 SUBPARSER = PARSER.add_subparsers(dest="command")
 
 
-class Command(object):
+class Command:
     """Base Command class for implementing pluggable
     commmands.
 
diff --git a/holland/core/spool.py b/holland/core/spool.py
index 097d63d8..cc2051dd 100644
--- a/holland/core/spool.py
+++ b/holland/core/spool.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def timestamp_dir(when=None):
     return time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S", time.localtime(when))
 
 
-class Spool(object):
+class Spool:
     """
     A directory spool where backups are saved
     """
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self.list_backupsets())
 
 
-class Backupset(object):
+class Backupset:
     """
     Define backupset
     """
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def _cmp(value1, value2):
 """.splitlines()
 
 
-class Backup(object):
+class Backup:
     """
     Representation of a backup instance.
     """
diff --git a/holland/core/util/lock.py b/holland/core/util/lock.py
index c78e78b2..3387f85b 100644
--- a/holland/core/util/lock.py
+++ b/holland/core/util/lock.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def __init__(self, message, exc=None):
         self.exc = exc
 
 
-class Lock(object):
+class Lock:
     """A simple flock based file lock implementation"""
 
     def __init__(self, path):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.example/holland/backup/example.py b/plugins/holland.backup.example/holland/backup/example.py
index c6c1edab..3c38d30f 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.example/holland/backup/example.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.example/holland/backup/example.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 """.splitlines()
 
 
-class ExamplePlugin(object):
+class ExamplePlugin:
     """An example backup plugin for holland"""
 
     def __init__(self, name, config, target_directory, dry_run=False):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mariabackup/holland/backup/mariabackup/plugin.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mariabackup/holland/backup/mariabackup/plugin.py
index 50a4d057..e2b41f81 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mariabackup/holland/backup/mariabackup/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mariabackup/holland/backup/mariabackup/plugin.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class MariabackupPlugin(object):
+class MariabackupPlugin:
     """control connection to mysql server"""
 
     mysql = None
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mongodump/holland/backup/mongodump.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mongodump/holland/backup/mongodump.py
index ab1c02b4..dad73a77 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mongodump/holland/backup/mongodump.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mongodump/holland/backup/mongodump.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class MongoDump(object):
+class MongoDump:
     "MongoDB backup plugin for holland"
 
     def __init__(self, name, config, target_directory, dry_run=False):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/dir.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/dir.py
index 8e02b8e6..6f6893aa 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/dir.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/dir.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class DirArchiveAction(object):
+class DirArchiveAction:
     """Copy datadir"""
 
     def __init__(self, snap_datadir, backup_datadir, config):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/_mysqld.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/_mysqld.py
index 9dc81490..28f39ddb 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/_mysqld.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/_mysqld.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def locate_mysqld_exe(config):
     raise BackupError("Failed to find mysqld binary")
 
 
-class MySQLServer(object):
+class MySQLServer:
     """Manage New MySQL Server"""
 
     def __init__(self, mysqld_exe, defaults_file):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/innodb.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/innodb.py
index 0b0e93fd..6560cbb0 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/innodb.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/innodb.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class InnodbRecoveryAction(object):
+class InnodbRecoveryAction:
     """Perform InnoDB recovery against a MySQL data directory """
 
     def __init__(self, mysqld_config):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/lock.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/lock.py
index 505c36f2..d0c6bae1 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/lock.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/lock.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class FlushAndLockMySQLAction(object):
+class FlushAndLockMySQLAction:
     """Lock Database"""
 
     def __init__(self, client, extra_flush=True):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/mysqldump.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/mysqldump.py
index 1d64bda5..347763cc 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/mysqldump.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/mysqldump.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class MySQLDumpDispatchAction(object):
+class MySQLDumpDispatchAction:
     """Setup environment for mysqldump"""
 
     def __init__(self, mysqldump_plugin, mysqld_config):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/replication.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/replication.py
index 0e2f2232..ef1417f4 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/replication.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/mysql/replication.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class RecordMySQLReplicationAction(object):
+class RecordMySQLReplicationAction:
     """Connect to MySQL"""
 
     def __init__(self, client, config):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/tar.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/tar.py
index b29d8176..aaec8e9f 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/tar.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/actions/tar.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class TarArchiveAction(object):
+class TarArchiveAction:
     """Create tar file"""
 
     def __init__(self, snap_datadir, archive_stream, config):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/mysqldump/plugin.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/mysqldump/plugin.py
index 55cf7171..35351a44 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/mysqldump/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/mysqldump/plugin.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 )
 
 
-class MysqlDumpLVMBackup(object):
+class MysqlDumpLVMBackup:
     """A Holland Backup plugin suitable for performing LVM snapshots of a
     filesystem underlying a live MySQL instance.
 
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/raw/plugin.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/raw/plugin.py
index 563baa0b..15ae4536 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/raw/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysql_lvm/holland/backup/mysql_lvm/plugin/raw/plugin.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class MysqlLVMBackup(object):
+class MysqlLVMBackup:
     """
     A Holland Backup plugin suitable for performing LVM snapshots of a
     filesystem underlying a live MySQL instance.
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/command.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/command.py
index 5117ce82..06da7412 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/command.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/command.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class MyOptionError(Exception):
     """Exception class for MySQL Option validation"""
 
 
-class MyOptionChecker(object):
+class MyOptionChecker:
     """Container for adding and validating multiple options"""
 
     OPTION_ARG_CRE = re.compile(r"^(--[^=]+)(?:=(.+))?$", re.UNICODE)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def add_option(self, my_option):
         self._options[my_option.option] = my_option
 
 
-class MyOption(object):
+class MyOption:
     """General MySQL command option"""
 
     def __init__(self, option, min_version=None, arg=None):
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def mysqldump_version(command):
         raise MySQLDumpError("Failed to determine mysqldump version for %s" % command)
 
 
-class MySQLDump(object):
+class MySQLDump:
     """mysqldump command runner"""
 
     def __init__(self, defaults_file, cmd_path="mysqldump", extra_defaults=False, mock_env=None):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/mock/__init__.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/mock/__init__.py
index 3fbba479..c9b2fb14 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/mock/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/mock/__init__.py
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 # For 2.7 or newer use unittest.mock
 try:
-    from unittest.mock import MagicMock, ANY
+    from unittest.mock import ANY, MagicMock
 except ImportError:
-    from mock import MagicMock, ANY
+    from mock import ANY, MagicMock
 
 __all__ = ["MockEnvironment"]
 
 
-class MockPopen(object):
+class MockPopen:
     """
     mock object to return to subclass.Popen
     """
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def poll():
         return 0
 
 
-class MockEnvironment(object):
+class MockEnvironment:
     """
     Setup environement for dry-run
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/plugin.py b/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/plugin.py
index 62faf732..00ce9cd1 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.mysqldump/holland/backup/mysqldump/plugin.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class MySQLDumpPlugin(object):
+class MySQLDumpPlugin:
     """MySQLDump Backup Plugin interface for Holland"""
 
     CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.pg_basebackup/holland/backup/pg_basebackup/interface.py b/plugins/holland.backup.pg_basebackup/holland/backup/pg_basebackup/interface.py
index 06c6c3fb..baf09c38 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.pg_basebackup/holland/backup/pg_basebackup/interface.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.pg_basebackup/holland/backup/pg_basebackup/interface.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class PgBaseBackup(object):
+class PgBaseBackup:
     """
     Postgres pg_basebackup backups
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.pgdump/holland/backup/pgdump/interface.py b/plugins/holland.backup.pgdump/holland/backup/pgdump/interface.py
index aacb76fc..178ad98e 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.pgdump/holland/backup/pgdump/interface.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.pgdump/holland/backup/pgdump/interface.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class PgDump(object):
+class PgDump:
     """
     Postgres pg_dump backups
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.random/holland/backup/random.py b/plugins/holland.backup.random/holland/backup/random.py
index d15f3121..7e77b486 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.random/holland/backup/random.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.random/holland/backup/random.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 """.splitlines()
 
 
-class RandomPlugin(object):
+class RandomPlugin:
     """Back up randomness"""
 
     def __init__(self, name, config, target_directory, dry_run=False):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.sqlite/holland/backup/sqlite.py b/plugins/holland.backup.sqlite/holland/backup/sqlite.py
index 8316ecb2..a5a6c091 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.sqlite/holland/backup/sqlite.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.sqlite/holland/backup/sqlite.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class SQLitePlugin(object):
+class SQLitePlugin:
     """Define Plugin to backup SQLite"""
 
     def __init__(self, name, config, target_directory, dry_run=False):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.tar/holland/backup/tar.py b/plugins/holland.backup.tar/holland/backup/tar.py
index 37ff0d9e..ed81dd16 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.tar/holland/backup/tar.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.tar/holland/backup/tar.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class TarPlugin(object):
+class TarPlugin:
     """
     Define Tar Backup method
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.backup.xtrabackup/holland/backup/xtrabackup/plugin.py b/plugins/holland.backup.xtrabackup/holland/backup/xtrabackup/plugin.py
index 3dc677e6..85e12e51 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.backup.xtrabackup/holland/backup/xtrabackup/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.backup.xtrabackup/holland/backup/xtrabackup/plugin.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 CONFIGSPEC = CONFIGSPEC.splitlines()
 
 
-class XtrabackupPlugin(object):
+class XtrabackupPlugin:
     """plugin for backuping database using xtrabackup"""
 
     #: control connection to mysql server
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/dir_archive.py b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/dir_archive.py
index a1a2593b..d56d7235 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/dir_archive.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/dir_archive.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class DirArchive(object):
+class DirArchive:
     """
     Read, write, access directory archives.  Treats a directory like an
     archive.
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/tar_archive.py b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/tar_archive.py
index e80e72a6..2b3bb018 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/tar_archive.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/tar_archive.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def _make_tarinfo(name, size):
     return tarinfo
 
 
-class TarArchive(object):
+class TarArchive:
     """
     Read, write, access Tar archives.
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/zip_archive.py b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/zip_archive.py
index c18e3078..730fcbb3 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/zip_archive.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/archive/zip_archive.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ZipArchive(object):
+class ZipArchive:
     """
     Read, write, access Zip archives using zipfile.
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/compression.py b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/compression.py
index b371668e..8cb4456f 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/compression.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.common/holland/lib/compression.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def lookup_compression(method):
         raise OSError("Unsupported compression method '%s'" % method)
 
 
-class CompressionInput(object):
+class CompressionInput:
     """
     Class to create a compressed file descriptor for reading.  Functions like
     a standard file descriptor such as from open().
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def close(self):
         self.closed = True
 
 
-class CompressionOutput(object):
+class CompressionOutput:
     """
     Class to create a compressed file descriptor for writing.  Functions like
     a standard file descriptor such as from open().
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/base.py b/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/base.py
index 2cf394f0..e6dd369b 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/base.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/base.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class Volume(object):
+class Volume:
     """Abstract Volume object for LVM Volume implementations
 
     This class should not directly be instantiated, but rather one
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/snapshot.py b/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/snapshot.py
index eafdd525..b87f3a93 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/snapshot.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/snapshot.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 __all__ = ["Snapshot", "CallbackFailuresError"]
 
 
-class Snapshot(object):
+class Snapshot:
     """Snapshot state machine"""
 
     def __init__(self, name, size, mountpoint):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/util.py b/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/util.py
index 07955b5b..68c61eb7 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/util.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.lvm/holland/lib/lvm/util.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def parse_bytes(units_string):
     return int(float(number) * 1024 ** (exponent))
 
 
-class SignalManager(object):
+class SignalManager:
     """Manage signals around critical sections"""
 
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/cli.py b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/cli.py
index 3c3ad54d..98761941 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/cli.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/cli.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from subprocess import getstatusoutput
 
 
-class CmdOption(object):
+class CmdOption:
     """
     Create CmdOption class
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/client/base.py b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/client/base.py
index 5cb75a15..d3267284 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/client/base.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/client/base.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def flatten_list(a_list):
     )
 
 
-class MySQLClient(object):
+class MySQLClient:
     """pymysql Helper
 
     Provides common functions for reading meta-data
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/find.py b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/find.py
index 47075cea..b9167598 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/find.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/find.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class MySQLFind(object):
+class MySQLFind:
     """
     Create list of included and excluded tables
     """
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/base.py b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/base.py
index 003a0736..a47d4a45 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/base.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 TRANSACTIONAL_ENGINES = "innodb", "federated", "myisam_mrg", "memory", "view", "blackhole"
 
 
-class MySQLSchema(object):
+class MySQLSchema:
     """A catalog summary of a MySQL Instance"""
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def refresh(self, db_iter, tbl_iter, fast_iterate=False):
         self.timestamp = time.time()
 
 
-class Database(object):
+class Database:
     """Representation of a MySQL Database
 
     Only the name an whether this database is
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def __str__(self):
     __repr__ = __str__
 
 
-class Table(object):
+class Table:
     """Representation of a MySQL Table"""
 
     __slots__ = ("database", "name", "data_size", "index_size", "engine", "excluded")
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         )
 
 
-class DatabaseIterator(object):
+class DatabaseIterator:
     """Iterate over databases returns by a MySQLClient instance
 
     client must have a show_databases() method
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def __call__(self):
                 yield Database(name)
 
 
-class TableIterator(object):
+class TableIterator:
     """Iterate over tables returned by the client instance
 
     client must have a show_table_metadata(database_name) method
diff --git a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/filter.py b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/filter.py
index 0168393b..1065b1a5 100644
--- a/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/filter.py
+++ b/plugins/holland.lib.mysql/holland/lib/mysql/schema/filter.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import re
 
 
-class BaseFilter(object):
+class BaseFilter:
     """Filter a string based on a list of regular expression or glob patterns.
 
     This should be inherited and the __call__ overriden with a real
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa5bf056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[project]
+name = "holland"
+version = "1.2.11"
+description = "Holland Core Plugins"
+entry_points="""
+    # Scripts generated by setuptools
+    [console_scripts]
+  	holland = holland.core.cmdshell:main
+
+  	# Holland subcommands
+  	[holland.commands]
+  	#help = holland.commands.help:Help
+  	listplugins = holland.commands.list_plugins:ListPlugins
+  	listbackups = holland.commands.list_backups:ListBackups
+  	backup = holland.commands.backup:Backup
+  	mk-config = holland.commands.mk_config:MkConfig
+  	purge = holland.commands.purge:Purge
+  	#restore = holland.commands.restore:Restore
+  	"""
+author="Rackspace"
+url="http://www.hollandbackup.org/"
+license="3-Clause BSD"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["configobj>=4.6.0","setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+