diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template b/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template
index 9b377eb63dc..bddfb373625 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-efl'
 pkgname=python3-efl
 version=1.23.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 wrksrc=python-efl-${version}
 build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="efl"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel python3-Cython"
 makedepends="efl-devel python-dbus-devel"
 depends="python3-dbus"
 short_desc="Python3 bindings for Enlightenment Foundation Libraries"
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ homepage="http://enlightenment.org"
 distfiles="http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/bindings/python/python-efl-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=2bdef4153e3df2ed3edef9f1ebb4554054405425247a9fabb3c784b48232d69b
 
+post_extract() {
+	# Pre-generated cython output is incompatible with Python 3.9
+	rm -f efl/elementary/__init__.c efl/evas/efl.evas.c \
+		efl/utils/{conversions,logger,deprecated}.c \
+		efl/emotion/efl.emotion.c efl/eo/efl.eo.c \
+		efl/ecore/efl.ecore.c efl/edje/efl.edje.c \
+		efl/dbus_mainloop/efl.dbus_mainloop.c \
+		efl/ethumb/efl.ethumb{,_client}.c \
+		efl/ecore_input/efl.ecore_input.c \
+		efl/edje_edit/efl.edje_edit.c \
+		efl/ecore_con/efl.ecore_con.c \
+		efl/ecore_x/efl.ecore_x.c
+}
+
 pre_build() {
 	# any higher optimization level and gcc OOMs on i686 (even -Os)
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in