diff --git a/gluon/sqlhtml.py b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
index d5974c0a..ac12c107 100644
--- a/gluon/sqlhtml.py
+++ b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def represent(field, value, record):
     if not callable(f):
         return str(value)
     if hasattr(f,'func_code'):
-        n = f.func_code.co_argcount - len(f.func_defaults or [])
+        n = f.__code__.co_argcount - len(f.__defaults__ or [])
         if getattr(f, 'im_self', None):
             n -= 1
     else:
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index b1ad982c..df517ebe 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -5297,10 +5297,10 @@ def reverse_geocode(lat, lng, lang=None):
 
 
 def universal_caller(f, *a, **b):
-    c = f.func_code.co_argcount
-    n = f.func_code.co_varnames[:c]
+    c = f.__code__.co_argcount
+    n = f.__code__.co_varnames[:c]
 
-    defaults = f.func_defaults or []
+    defaults = f.__defaults__ or []
     pos_args = n[0:-len(defaults)]
     named_args = n[-len(defaults):]