diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/template b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
index a013de521fc..193684efe33 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'flake8'
 pkgname=flake8
 version=2.6.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
 pycompile_module="flake8"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools pycodestyle pyflakes mccabe"
 short_desc="The modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes, mccabe (Python2)"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ homepage="https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/flake8/flake8-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=231cd86194aaec4bdfaa553ae1a1cd9b7b4558332fbc10136c044940d587a778
-alternatives="flake8:flake8:/usr/bin/flake82.7"
+alternatives="flake8:flake8:/usr/bin/flake82"
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove all caps
@@ -24,17 +23,23 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
-python3.4-flake8_package() {
+python3-flake8_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
 	pycompile_module="flake8"
-	depends="python3.4-setuptools python3.4-pycodestyle python3.4-pyflakes
-	 python3.4-mccabe"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
-	alternatives="flake8:flake8:/usr/bin/flake83.4"
+	replaces="python3.4-flake8>=0"
+	depends="python3-setuptools python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes
+	 python3-mccabe"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	alternatives="flake8:flake8:/usr/bin/flake83"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/*3.4
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/bin/*3
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vlicense LICENSE
 	}
 }
+python3.4-flake8_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-flake8>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-flake8 b/srcpkgs/python3-flake8
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1ae3ec61745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-flake8
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+flake8
\ No newline at end of file