diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template b/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template
index 60544abae20..f302ea83f90 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-ant/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="Apache License"
 homepage="http://ant.apache.org"
 distfiles="http://mirror.dkd.de/apache/ant/source/apache-ant-${version}-src.tar.xz"
 checksum=c8d68b396d9e44b49668bafe0c82f8c89497915254b5395d73d6f6e41d7a0e25
+python_version=2 # only script uses python2-isms like print ""
 
 nocross=yes
 _prefix=usr/share/apache-ant