diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/python3-mpmath.INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/python3-mpmath.INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d38bcd66741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/python3-mpmath.INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+If you require plotting capabilities, install python3-matplotlib.
+
+mpmath internally uses Python's builtin long integers by default.
+For much faster high-precision arithmetic, install python3-gmpy2.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/python3.4-mpmath.INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/python3.4-mpmath.INSTALL.msg
deleted file mode 100644
index cf7fc7982b8..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/python3.4-mpmath.INSTALL.msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-If you require plotting capabilities, install python3.4-matplotlib.
-
-mpmath internally uses Python's builtin long integers by default.
-For much faster high-precision arithmetic, install python3.4-gmpy2.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/template b/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/template
index 5c4a5e6426b..dab2e875f8d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-mpmath/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-mpmath'
 pkgname=python-mpmath
 version=0.19
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="mpmath-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 pycompile_module="mpmath"
 short_desc="Python2 library for arbitrary-precision floating-point arithmetic"
@@ -16,21 +15,24 @@ license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/mpmath/mpmath-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=68ddf6426dcda445323467d89892d2cffbbd1ae0b31ac1241b1b671749d63222
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/^#!/d' mpmath/{matrices,tests}/*.py
-}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
-python3.4-mpmath_package() {
+python3-mpmath_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3"
 	pycompile_module="mpmath"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-mpmath>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vlicense LICENSE
 	}
 }
+python3.4-mpmath_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-mpmath>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-mpmath b/srcpkgs/python3-mpmath
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..51402099f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-mpmath
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-mpmath
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