diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
index db6012fdc..5143d4c83 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ install_markdownlint() {
 if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == true ]]; then
 	install_shfmt
 	install_spdk_bash_completion
-	if [[ $ID != centos && $ID != rocky ]]; then
+	if [[ $ID != centos && $ID != rocky && $ID != sles ]]; then
 		install_markdownlint
 	else
 		echo "mdl not supported on $ID, disabling"
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
index cb1be5871..cac645523 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 # Minimal install
 zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++ make cunit-devel libaio-devel libopenssl-devel \
-	libuuid-devel python-base ncurses-devel json-c-devel libcmocka-devel ninja meson \
-	python-pyelftools
+	libuuid-devel python-base ncurses-devel libjson-c-devel libcmocka-devel \
+	ninja meson python3-pyelftools
 # Additional dependencies for DPDK
 zypper install -y libnuma-devel nasm
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression
 zypper install -y autoconf automake libtool help2man
 if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 	# Tools for developers
-	zypper install -y git-core lcov python-pycodestyle sg3_utils \
+	zypper install -y git-core lcov python3-pycodestyle sg3_utils \
 		pciutils ShellCheck bash-completion
 fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_PMEM == "true" ]]; then