diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-packaging/template b/srcpkgs/python-packaging/template
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-# Template file for 'python-packaging'
-pkgname=python-packaging
-version=20.4
-revision=2
-wrksrc="packaging-${version}"
-build_style=python2-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
-depends="python-parsing python-six"
-short_desc="Core utilities for Python packages (Python2)"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-license="Apache-2.0, BSD-2-Clause"
-homepage="https://github.com/pypa/packaging"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/packaging/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/packaging/packaging-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4357f74f47b9c12db93624a82154e9b120fa8293699949152b22065d556079f8
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-packaging/update b/srcpkgs/python-packaging/update
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-# packaging >= 20.5 drops setuptools for flit, which is py3-only;
-# prevent update hits on newer versions since they require py3 to build
-pattern="packaging-\K20\.4(\.[0-9.]+)?(?=.tar.gz)"