diff --git a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc7d013e993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Template file for 'fonttools'
+pkgname=fonttools
+version=4.1.0
+revision=2
+archs=noarch
+build_style=python3-module
+pycompile_module="fonttools"
+hostmakedepends="python3-devel python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3"
+short_desc="Library to manipulate font files from Python"
+maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
+license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
+distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8c1919e11c3152446ec8de8283a6f43fffde6acdcab81b468d7fd6ad4b54e798
+replaces="python-fonttools>=0 python3-fonttools>=0"
+provides="python-fonttools>=${version}_${revision} python3-fonttools>=${version}_${revision}"
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vlicense LICENSE.external
+}
+
+python-fonttools_package() {
+	depends="fontools>=${version}_${revision}"
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package Python 2)"
+}
+
+python3-fonttools_package() {
+	depends="fontools>=${version}_${revision}"
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package Python 3)"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-fonttools b/srcpkgs/python-fonttools
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index 00000000000..d10c4b7e084
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python-fonttools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fonttools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/template
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index 6a222e87482..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-fonttools'
-pkgname=python-fonttools
-version=3.44.0
-revision=4
-wrksrc="${pkgname#python-}-${version}"
-build_style=python2-module
-pycompile_module="fonttools"
-hostmakedepends="python-devel python-setuptools"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
-short_desc="Library to manipulate font files from Python2"
-maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
-license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
-homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
-distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9dadbca88a5a841d821f6892fa9f4715ec03afd53980aaf4d61bd4be345b24ed
-alternatives="
-	fonttools:fonttools:/usr/bin/fonttools2
-	fonttools:pyftmerge:/usr/bin/pyftmerge2
-	fonttools:pyftsubset:/usr/bin/pyftsubset2
-	fonttools:ttx:/usr/bin/ttx2
-	fonttools:ttx.1:/usr/share/man/man1/ttx2.1"
-
-post_install() {
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/fonttools{,2}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pyftmerge{,2}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pyftsubset{,2}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/ttx{,2}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/ttx{,2}.1
-	vlicense LICENSE
-	vlicense LICENSE.external
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/update b/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/update
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--- a/srcpkgs/python-fonttools/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# "The v4.x version series only supports Python 3.6 or greater.
-# You can keep using fonttools 3.x if you need support for Python 2."
-ignore="[4-9].* [1-9][0-9]*.*"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools b/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools
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index 00000000000..d10c4b7e084
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools
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+fonttools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools/template
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index cfdfde93a22..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-fonttools/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-fonttools'
-pkgname=python3-fonttools
-version=4.1.0
-revision=1
-wrksrc="${pkgname#python3-}-${version}"
-build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="fonttools"
-hostmakedepends="python3-devel python3-setuptools"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
-short_desc="Library to manipulate font files from Python3"
-maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
-license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
-homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
-distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8c1919e11c3152446ec8de8283a6f43fffde6acdcab81b468d7fd6ad4b54e798
-alternatives="
-	fonttools:fonttools:/usr/bin/fonttools3
-	fonttools:pyftmerge:/usr/bin/pyftmerge3
-	fonttools:pyftsubset:/usr/bin/pyftsubset3
-	fonttools:ttx:/usr/bin/ttx3
-	fonttools:ttx.1:/usr/share/man/man1/ttx3.1"
-
-post_install() {
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/fonttools{,3}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pyftmerge{,3}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pyftsubset{,3}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/ttx{,3}
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/ttx{,3}.1
-	vlicense LICENSE
-	vlicense LICENSE.external
-}