diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-grako/template b/srcpkgs/python-grako/template
index 80f8b901d32..20c012972d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-grako/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-grako/template
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 # Template file for 'python-grako'
 pkgname=python-grako
 version=3.99.9
-revision=1
-build_style=python-module
+revision=2
 wrksrc="neogeny-${pkgname/python-/}-275d3c4fe4ac"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-# XXX: add python-pygraphviz if it is ever packaged, optional depdendency
-# for generating diagramas
-depends="python python-regex python-colorama python-yaml python-docutils"
-short_desc="Grako that takes EBNF as input, and outputs PEG parsers in Python"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="grako"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-Cython python3-Cython"
+makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
+depends="python-setuptools"
+short_desc="Grammar compiler, EBNF input, PEG/Packrat parser output (Python2)"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
-license="BSD"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://bitbucket.org/neogeny/grako"
 distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/neogeny/grako/get/${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=82cc8d601a272106ed3bbc09f37b04b85f21cbe4c8bbebb41bb9d57ac419696f
-pycompile_module="grako"
-noarch=yes
+alternatives="grako:grako:/usr/bin/grako2"
 
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
+}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt
 }
 
 python3-grako_package() {
-	noarch=yes
-	# python3-regex is ommited due to being an optional dependency
-	depends="python3 python3-colorama python3-yaml python3-docutils"
 	pycompile_module="grako"
+	depends="python3-setuptools"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	alternatives="grako:grako:/usr/bin/grako3"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vmove usr/bin/grako3