diff --git a/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.11.0.ebuild b/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.11.0.ebuild
index b73a4dfc4efd5..ac46c50b0b326 100644
--- a/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.11.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.11.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6,3_7} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} pypy3 )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON"
diff --git a/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
index c0151ef824c59..1807b9ad43cda 100644
--- a/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} pypy3  )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} pypy3  )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0.ebuild b/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0.ebuild
index 300aef62099f0..65ce209c0944e 100644
--- a/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xmltodict/xmltodict-0.12.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6,3_7} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} pypy3 )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON"