diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-mysqlclient/template b/srcpkgs/python-mysqlclient/template
index 757be7a60f9..e4b872c9b51 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-mysqlclient/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-mysqlclient/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+# Template file for 'python-mysqlclient'
 pkgname=python-mysqlclient
 version=1.3.12
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="mysqlclient-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="mysqlclient"
+pycompile_module="MySQLdb _mysql_exceptions.py"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="libmysqlclient-devel python-devel python3-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
-depends="python"
 short_desc="Python2 interface to MySQL/MariaDB"
 maintainer="Alin Dobre <alin.dobre@outlook.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/mysqlclient/mysqlclient-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2d9ec33de39f4d9c64ad7322ede0521d85829ce36a76f9dd3d6ab76a9c8648e5
 
 python3-mysqlclient_package() {
-	pycompile_module="mysqlclient"
-	depends="python3"
+	pycompile_module="MySQLdb _mysql_exceptions.py"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*