diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/template b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
index b6ca91fd84c..5ec978c83e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
@@ -1,49 +1,37 @@
 # Template file for 'pylint'
 pkgname=pylint
-reverts="2.3.1_1"
-version=1.9.5
+version=2.4.4
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="pylint-${version}"
-build_style=python2-module
+build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="pylint"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python-setuptools python-astroid python-six python-isort python-mccabe
- python-backports.configparser python-backports.functools_lru_cache
- python-singledispatch"
-short_desc="Python2 code static checker"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-astroid python3-six python3-isort python3-mccabe"
+short_desc="Python code static checker"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://www.pylint.org/"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://www.pylint.org/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pylint/pylint-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=97a42df23d436c70132971d1dcb9efad2fe5c0c6add55b90161e773caf729300
-
-alternatives="
- pylint:epylint:/usr/bin/epylint2
- pylint:pylint:/usr/bin/pylint2
- pylint:pyreverse:/usr/bin/pyreverse2
- pylint:symilar:/usr/bin/symilar2
- pylint:epylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/epylint2.1
- pylint:pylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pylint2.1
- pylint:pyreverse.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pyreverse2.1
- pylint:symilar.1:/usr/share/man/man1/symilar2.1"
+checksum=3db5468ad013380e987410a8d6956226963aed94ecb5f9d3a28acca6d9ac36cd
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
 }
+
 post_install() {
 	# no tests
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/pylint/test
 
-	# create versioned man pages
-	for f in epylint pylint pyreverse symilar; do
-		vman man/${f}.1 ${f}2.1
-		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${f} ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${f}2
-	done
-
 	# install example config and emacs files
 	vsconf examples/pylintrc
 	vsconf examples/pylintrc_camelcase
 	vsconf elisp/pylint.el
 	vsconf elisp/pylint-flymake.el
 }
+
+python3-pylint_package() {
+	depends="pylint>=${version}_${revision}"
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pylint b/srcpkgs/python3-pylint
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..54b18e249c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pylint
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pylint
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pylint/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pylint/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c8800069f0..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pylint/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-pylint'
-pkgname=python3-pylint
-version=2.3.1
-revision=2
-archs=noarch
-wrksrc="pylint-${version}"
-build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="pylint"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-setuptools python3-astroid python3-six python3-isort
- python3-mccabe"
-short_desc="Python3 code static checker"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://www.pylint.org/"
-license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pylint/pylint-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=723e3db49555abaf9bf79dc474c6b9e2935ad82230b10c1138a71ea41ac0fff1
-
-alternatives="
- pylint:epylint:/usr/bin/epylint3
- pylint:pylint:/usr/bin/pylint3
- pylint:pyreverse:/usr/bin/pyreverse3
- pylint:symilar:/usr/bin/symilar3
- pylint:epylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/epylint3.1
- pylint:pylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pylint3.1
- pylint:pyreverse.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pyreverse3.1
- pylint:symilar.1:/usr/share/man/man1/symilar3.1"
-
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
-}
-post_install() {
-	# no tests
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/pylint/test
-
-	# create versioned man pages
-	for f in epylint pylint pyreverse symilar; do
-		vman man/${f}.1 ${f}3.1
-		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${f} ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${f}3
-	done
-
-	# install example config and emacs files
-	vsconf examples/pylintrc
-	vsconf examples/pylintrc_camelcase
-	vsconf elisp/pylint.el
-	vsconf elisp/pylint-flymake.el
-}