diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 88c0f5e..eaaf0e4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Copyright (C) 2012 - 2014 Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>
+## Copyright (C) 2012 - 2017 Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>
 ## See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
 
 Source: security-misc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 
 Package: security-misc
 Architecture: all
-Depends: expect, tcl8.6, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: python, ${misc:Depends}
 Replaces: tcp-timestamps-disable
 Description: enhances misc security settings
  The following settings are changed:
diff --git a/usr/lib/security-misc/apt-get-wrapper b/usr/lib/security-misc/apt-get-wrapper
index 290dee2..8623719 100755
--- a/usr/lib/security-misc/apt-get-wrapper
+++ b/usr/lib/security-misc/apt-get-wrapper
@@ -20,12 +20,18 @@ logfile="$temp_dir/log"
 trap "cleanup" EXIT
 
 apt_get_exit_code="0"
-unbuffer apt-get "$@" 1> >(tee -a "$logfile") 2> >(tee -a "$logfile" >&2) || { apt_get_exit_code="$?"; true; };
+
+python -c 'import pty, sys; pty.spawn(sys.argv[1:])' \
+   | apt-get "$@" 2>&1 \
+   | tee -a "$logfile" \
+   || { apt_get_exit_code="$?"; true; };
 
 if [ ! "$apt_get_exit_code" = "0" ]; then
    exit "$apt_get_exit_code"
 fi
 
+log="$(cat "$logfile")"
+
 while read -r -d $'\n' line; do
    line_lower_case="${line,,}"
    first_two="${line_lower_case:0:2}"