diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-webencodings/template b/srcpkgs/python-webencodings/template
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+# Template file for 'python-webencodings'
+pkgname=python-webencodings
+version=0.5.1
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="webencodings-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="webencodings"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Python2 implementation of the WHATWG Encoding standard"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/gsnedders/python-webencodings"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/w/webencodings/webencodings-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b36a1c245f2d304965eb4e0a82848379241dc04b865afcc4aab16748587e1923
+
+python3-webencodings_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="python3"
+	pycompile_module="webencodings"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-webencodings b/srcpkgs/python3-webencodings
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+python-webencodings
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