diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-backports/template b/srcpkgs/python-backports/template
index 968934c8980..cff885c380a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-backports/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-backports/template
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'python-backports'
 pkgname=python-backports
 version=1.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="backports-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="backports"
-hostmakedepends="python python3"
+hostmakedepends="python"
 depends="python"
-short_desc="Namespace for backported Python features (Python2)"
+short_desc="Namespace for backported Python features"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://bitbucket.org/brandon/backports"
 license="PSF"
 distfiles="https://dev.gentoo.org/~radhermit/dist/backports-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ee43d5b7bf4e79e04fbab30a09421cb5cbf4f56e7c14769393a7d1c34ea5e740
-
-python3-backports_package() {
-	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3"
-	pycompile_module="backports"
-	replaces="python3.4-backports>=0"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-	}
-}
-python3.4-backports_package() {
-	noarch=yes
-	build_style=meta
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
-	depends="python3-backports>=${version}_${revision}"
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-backports b/srcpkgs/python3-backports
deleted file mode 120000
index 58f35bbafcd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-backports
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-backports
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3.4-backports b/srcpkgs/python3.4-backports
deleted file mode 120000
index 58f35bbafcd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3.4-backports
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-backports
\ No newline at end of file