diff --git a/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
index d0bb702c3d7ca..9944f7eff03f1 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 # Python is required for tests and some build tasks.
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_6 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit python-any-r1 cmake-multilib
 
diff --git a/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0.ebuild
index a2a23c63fefa5..1c2aa8c957605 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 # Python is required for tests and some build tasks.
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_6 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit python-any-r1 cmake-multilib