diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-esprima/template b/srcpkgs/python3-esprima/template
index aec8930a6bf..c4163c1d805 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-esprima/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-esprima/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-esprima'
 pkgname=python3-esprima
 version=4.0.1
-revision=2
-wrksrc="esprima-${version}"
+revision=3
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="esprima-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="esprima"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3 python3-setuptools"
 short_desc="ECMAScript parsing infrastructure for multipurpose analysis in Python3"