diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata
deleted file mode 120000
index 211acaa67bf..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python3-importlib_metadata
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/template
similarity index 51%
rename from srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
rename to srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/template
index bd1aa83266f..ee0b9e949e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-importlib_metadata'
-pkgname=python3-importlib_metadata
+# Template file for 'python-importlib_metadata'
+pkgname=python-importlib_metadata
 version=1.2.0
 revision=3
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="importlib_metadata-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-zipp"
-checkdepends="${depends} python3-packaging"
+build_style=python2-module
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python-zipp"
+checkdepends="${depends}"
 short_desc="Read metadata from Python packages"
 maintainer="Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
@@ -15,15 +15,3 @@ homepage="https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
 changelog="https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog%20(links).html"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/i/importlib_metadata/importlib_metadata-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=41e688146d000891f32b1669e8573c57e39e5060e7f5f647aa617cd9a9568278
-
-do_check() {
-	python3 setup.py test
-}
-
-python-importlib_metadata_package() {
-	depends="python-zipp python-backports.configparser python-contextlib2"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python/Python 2/}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/python2.7"
-	}
-}