diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/template b/srcpkgs/vte/template
index c292ea50c18..318635d646f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/template
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version=0.28.2
 revision=14
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-gtk=2.0"
-hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection libtool pkg-config intltool python-devel glib-devel pygtk-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection libtool
+ pkg-config intltool python-devel glib-devel pygtk-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel ncurses-devel pygtk-devel"
 short_desc="Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
-license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/0.28/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/0.28/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8d04e202b617373dfb47689e5e628febe2c58840b34cccc4af4feb88c48df903
 
 pre_configure() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		ln -s ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/python-config ${wrksrc}
 	fi
-	env PYTHON=python ./configure ${configure_args}
+	env PYTHON=python2 ./configure ${configure_args}
 }
 
 vte-python_package() {