diff --git a/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.7.8.ebuild b/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.7.8.ebuild
index 004b24dc3bf0c..2ec63e8170f33 100644
--- a/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.7.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.7.8.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_6 pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.9.8.ebuild b/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.9.8.ebuild
index 12c8bc9ea18eb..356953230f092 100644
--- a/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.9.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xlsxwriter/xlsxwriter-0.9.8.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1