diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2-python b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python
deleted file mode 120000
index 0ccd6d6e543..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2-python
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libxml2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38e06f1d341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'libxml2-python'
+pkgname=libxml2-python
+version=2.9.8
+revision=6
+wrksrc="${pkgname%-python}-${version}"
+build_wrksrc=python
+build_style=python-module
+hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
+makedepends="libxml2-devel python-devel python3-devel"
+depends="python python3"
+short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support - Python2 bindings"
+maintainer="Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
+distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0b74e51595654f958148759cfef0993114ddccccbb6f31aee018f3558e8e2732
+
+pre_build() {
+	sed "s:/usr/include:${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include:" -i setup.py
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense ../COPYING
+}
+
+libxml2-python3_package() {
+	short_desc+="${short_dest/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/python3*"
+		vlicense ../COPYING
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2-python3 b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python3
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..7ba590df866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libxml2-python
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index 0a9bb4a13a0..e2de5389780 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'libxml2'
+#
+# Please keep this in sync with "srcpkgs/libxml2-python"
+#
 pkgname=libxml2
 version=2.9.8
-revision=5
+revision=6
 patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history --with-icu"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config python-devel"
-makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel
- icu-devel python-devel"
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history --with-icu
+ --without-python"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel icu-devel"
 short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
@@ -21,11 +24,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 	sed '/PROGRAMS =/s,$(noinst_PROGRAMS),,' -i Makefile.in
 }
-pre_build() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		sed "s|/usr/\(include/python2.7\)|$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/\1|g" -i python/Makefile
-	fi
-}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }
@@ -47,11 +46,3 @@ libxml2-devel_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 	}
 }
-libxml2-python_package() {
-	lib32disabled=yes
-	short_desc+=" - python extension"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/python*"
-		vmove usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-python-${version}
-	}
-}