diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-protobuf b/srcpkgs/python3-protobuf
deleted file mode 120000
index bff725921c4..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-protobuf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/python3-protobuf/template
similarity index 56%
rename from srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
rename to srcpkgs/python3-protobuf/template
index 0a27b3223e7..02d07ec6bf5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-protobuf/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# Template file for 'python-protobuf'
-pkgname=python-protobuf
+# Template file for 'python3-protobuf'
+pkgname=python3-protobuf
 version=3.13.0
 revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-wheel python3-wheel"
-depends="python-setuptools python-six"
-short_desc="Python2 bindings for Google Protocol Buffers"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
+depends="python3-setuptools python3-six"
+short_desc="Python3 bindings for Google Protocol Buffers"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/"
@@ -20,19 +20,10 @@ desc_option_cppext="Build C++ extension to improve performance"
 if [ "$build_option_cppext" ]; then
 	make_build_args="--cpp_implementation"
 	make_install_args="--cpp_implementation"
-	makedepends+=" python-devel python3-devel protobuf-devel"
+	makedepends+=" python3-devel protobuf-devel"
 fi
 
 post_install() {
 	sed -n 1,29p google/protobuf/__init__.py >LICENSE
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
-
-python3-protobuf_package() {
-	depends="python3-setuptools python3-six"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/update b/srcpkgs/python3-protobuf/update
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/python-protobuf/update
rename to srcpkgs/python3-protobuf/update