---
 Doc/tools/extensions/c_annotations.py   |    6 +++++-
 Doc/tools/extensions/glossary_search.py |   12 ++++++++++--
 Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py      |    5 ++++-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/c_annotations.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/c_annotations.py
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ def add_annotations(app: Sphinx, doctree
     state = app.env.domaindata["c_annotations"]
     refcount_data = state["refcount_data"]
     stable_abi_data = state["stable_abi_data"]
-    for node in doctree.findall(addnodes.desc_content):
+    try:
+        findall = doctree.findall
+    except AttributeError:
+        findall = doctree.traverse
+    for node in findall(addnodes.desc_content):
         par = node.parent
         if par["domain"] != "c":
             continue
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/glossary_search.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/glossary_search.py
@@ -30,8 +30,16 @@ def process_glossary_nodes(
     else:
         terms = app.env.glossary_terms = {}
 
-    for node in doctree.findall(glossary):
-        for glossary_item in node.findall(nodes.definition_list_item):
+    try:
+        findall = doctree.findall
+    except AttributeError:
+        findall = doctree.traverse
+    for node in findall(glossary):
+        try:
+            node_findall = node.findall
+        except AttributeError:
+            node_findall = node.traverse
+        for glossary_item in node_findall(nodes.definition_list_item):
             term = glossary_item[0].astext()
             definition = glossary_item[-1]
 
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ from sphinx.locale import _ as sphinx_ge
 from sphinx.util import logging
 from sphinx.util.docutils import SphinxDirective
 from sphinx.writers.text import TextWriter, TextTranslator
-from sphinx.util.display import status_iterator
+try:
+    from sphinx.util.display import status_iterator
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    from sphinx.util import status_iterator
 
 
 ISSUE_URI = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue?@action=redirect&bpo=%s'