diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/patches/fasteners-monotonic.patch b/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/patches/fasteners-monotonic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f6cb630f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/patches/fasteners-monotonic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- fasteners/_utils.py.orig
++++ fasteners/_utils.py
+@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
+ import logging
+ import time
+ 
+-from monotonic import monotonic as now  # noqa
++try:
++    from time import monotonic as now
++except ImportError:
++    from monotonic import monotonic as now
+ 
+ # log level for low-level debugging
+ BLATHER = 5
+--- setup.py.orig
++++ setup.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
+ 
+ install_requires = [
+     'six',
+-    'monotonic>=0.1',
+ ]
+ 
+ setup(
+@@ -38,6 +37,9 @@
+     url='https://github.com/harlowja/fasteners',
+     license="ASL 2.0",
+     install_requires=install_requires,
++    extras_require={
++        ':python_version<"3.3"': ['monotonic'],
++    },
+     classifiers=[
+         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+         "Topic :: Utilities",
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/template b/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/template
index 862e23d2b09..4647a226150 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-fasteners/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'python-fasteners'
 pkgname=python-fasteners
 version=0.14.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="fasteners-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-monotonic python-six"
 pycompile_module="fasteners"
-short_desc="Python package that provides useful locks"
+short_desc="Python2 package that provides useful locks"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 homepage="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fasteners"
 license="Apache-2.0"
@@ -19,15 +19,8 @@ python3-fasteners_package() {
 	noarch=yes
 	depends="python3-six"
 	pycompile_module="fasteners"
-	replaces="python3.4-fasteners>=0"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 	}
 }
-python3.4-fasteners_package() {
-	noarch=yes
-	build_style=meta
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
-	depends="python3-fasteners>=${version}_${revision}"
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3.4-fasteners b/srcpkgs/python3.4-fasteners
deleted file mode 120000
index 0ca3f5f1810..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3.4-fasteners
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-fasteners
\ No newline at end of file