diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-urllib3/template b/srcpkgs/python-urllib3/template
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-# Template file for 'python-urllib3'
-pkgname=python-urllib3
-version=1.26.6
-revision=2
-wrksrc="urllib3-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python-six"
-short_desc="HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling (Python2)"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/u/urllib3/urllib3-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f57b4c16c62fa2760b7e3d97c35b255512fb6b59a259730f36ba32ce9f8e342f
-# Checks depend on unpackaged "trustme"
-make_check=no
-
-post_install() {
-	for sitelib in ${py3_sitelib} ${py2_sitelib}; do
-		rm ${DESTDIR}/${sitelib}/urllib3/packages/six.py
-		ln -sf ../../six.py ${DESTDIR}/${sitelib}/urllib3/packages/six.py
-	done
-
-	vlicense LICENSE.txt
-}
-
-python3-urllib3_package() {
-	depends="python3-six"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE.txt
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-urllib3 b/srcpkgs/python3-urllib3
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-python-urllib3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-urllib3/template b/srcpkgs/python3-urllib3/template
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+# Template file for 'python3-urllib3'
+pkgname=python3-urllib3
+version=1.26.7
+revision=1
+wrksrc="urllib3-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-six"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-trustme python3-mock python3-pysocks
+ python3-tornado python3-dateutil"
+short_desc="HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/u/urllib3/urllib3-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4987c65554f7a2dbf30c18fd48778ef124af6fab771a377103da0585e2336ece
+
+pre_check() {
+	rm test/test_retry{,_deprecated}.py # FIXME
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib}/urllib3/packages/six.py
+	ln -sf ../../six.py ${DESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib}/urllib3/packages/six.py
+
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}