diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py
index 288d5ede3a2..6d3108e46f7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import sys
 import subprocess
 import json
 import os
-import collections
 
 if '-d' in sys.argv:
     debugFlag = '-d'
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ for p in sys.path:
         nativelibfolder = p[:p.find(pivot)+len(pivot)]
 
 # Empty dict to hold the whole manifest
-new_manifest = collections.OrderedDict()
+new_manifest = {}
 
 # Check for repeated files, folders and wildcards
 allfiles = []
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ with open('python3-manifest.json') as manifest:
     manifest.seek(0)
     comments = manifest.read(json_start)
     manifest_str = manifest.read()
-    old_manifest = json.loads(manifest_str, object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
+    old_manifest = json.loads(manifest_str)
 
 #
 # First pass to get core-package functionality, because we base everything on the fact that core is actually working
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ for pypkg in old_manifest:
 
 for pypkg in old_manifest:
     # Use an empty dict as data structure to hold data for each package and fill it up
-    new_manifest[pypkg] = collections.OrderedDict()
+    new_manifest[pypkg] = {}
     new_manifest[pypkg]['summary'] = old_manifest[pypkg]['summary']
     new_manifest[pypkg]['rdepends'] = []
     new_manifest[pypkg]['files'] = []
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb
index d8ccd3c2cc2..9c45f8e0c67 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ py_package_preprocess () {
 INCLUDE_PYCS ?= "1"
 
 python(){
-    import collections, json
+    import json
 
     filename = os.path.join(d.getVar('THISDIR'), 'python3', 'python3-manifest.json')
     # This python changes the datastore based on the contents of a file, so mark
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ python(){
         json_start = manifest_str.find('# EOC') + 6
         manifest_file.seek(json_start)
         manifest_str = manifest_file.read()
-        python_manifest = json.loads(manifest_str, object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
+        python_manifest = json.loads(manifest_str)
 
     # First set RPROVIDES for -native case
     # Hardcoded since it cant be python3-native-foo, should be python3-foo-native