diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
index b27ecb5167e..7b2df2006fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtksourceview/2.10/gtksourceview-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=c585773743b1df8a04b1be7f7d90eecdf22681490d6810be54c81a7ae152191e
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 do_check() {
 	: #requires xserver