--- giscanner/girparser.py.orig	2018-04-09 08:09:02.000000000 +0200
+++ giscanner/girparser.py	2021-02-26 16:50:03.863498000 +0100
@@ -79,17 +79,17 @@
 
     def _find_first_child(self, node, name_or_names):
         if isinstance(name_or_names, str):
-            for child in node.getchildren():
+            for child in node:
                 if child.tag == name_or_names:
                     return child
         else:
-            for child in node.getchildren():
+            for child in node:
                 if child.tag in name_or_names:
                     return child
         return None
 
     def _find_children(self, node, name):
-        return [child for child in node.getchildren() if child.tag == name]
+        return [child for child in node if child.tag == name]
 
     def _get_current_file(self):
         if not self._filename_stack:
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
             raise SystemExit("%s: Incompatible version %s (supported: %s)" %
                              (self._get_current_file(), version, COMPATIBLE_GIR_VERSION))
 
-        for node in root.getchildren():
+        for node in root:
             if node.tag == _corens('include'):
                 self._parse_include(node)
             elif node.tag == _corens('package'):
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
             parser_methods[_corens('constant')] = self._parse_constant
             parser_methods[_corens('function')] = self._parse_function
 
-        for node in ns.getchildren():
+        for node in ns:
             method = parser_methods.get(node.tag)
             if method is not None:
                 method(node)
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
     def _parse_fields(self, node, obj):
         res = []
         names = (_corens('field'), _corens('record'), _corens('union'), _corens('callback'))
-        for child in node.getchildren():
+        for child in node:
             if child.tag in names:
                 fieldobj = self._parse_field(child, obj)
                 res.append(fieldobj)