diff --git a/srcpkgs/s3cmd/template b/srcpkgs/s3cmd/template
index 33c65072879..cc7e96d8a0b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/s3cmd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/s3cmd/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=s3cmd
 version=1.6.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="S3"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python-dateutil"