diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template
index 48329e16f2c..8b7bc779bc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-none-eabi-gdb/template
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/${_pkgname}"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=802f7ee309dcc547d65a68d61ebd6526762d26c3051f52caebe2189ac1ffd72e
+python_version=2 #unverified
 build_options="guile python"
 # don't enable guile and python interfaces until they are moved into
 # platform independent packages