diff --git a/dev-python/aiocontextvars/aiocontextvars-0.2.2.ebuild b/dev-python/aiocontextvars/aiocontextvars-0.2.2.ebuild
index fa25b811305c4..05e3c3c4dca31 100644
--- a/dev-python/aiocontextvars/aiocontextvars-0.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/aiocontextvars/aiocontextvars-0.2.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
+# this is a backport, do not add extra impls
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Asyncio support for PEP-567 contextvars backport"