diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-kiwisolver/template b/srcpkgs/python-kiwisolver/template
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+# Template file for 'python-kiwisolver'
+pkgname=python-kiwisolver
+version=1.0.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="kiwisolver-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
+short_desc="Fast implementation of the Cassowary constraint solver (Python2)"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/nucleic/kiwi"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/k/kiwisolver/kiwisolver-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ce3be5d520b4d2c3e5eeb4cd2ef62b9b9ab8ac6b6fedbaa0e39cdb6f50644278
+
+pre_build() {
+	# remove dependency on setuptools; it's not a runtime dependency
+	sed -i '/install_requires/d' setup.py
+}
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING.txt LICENSE
+}
+
+python3-kiwisolver_package() {
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vlicense COPYING.txt LICENSE
+	}
+}
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+python-kiwisolver
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