diff --git a/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5-r1.ebuild b/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5-r1.ebuild
index d1f9af85b2fa8..b5a57b4d0a412 100644
--- a/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
 IUSE="nls"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 RESTRICT="userpriv"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
@@ -21,10 +22,6 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
 
-pkg_setup() {
-	python-single-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
 src_configure(){
 	econf \
 		$(use_enable nls) \
diff --git a/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5.ebuild b/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5.ebuild
index 0d8561394869e..c59356646bd77 100644
--- a/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5.ebuild
+++ b/games-rpg/wastesedge/wastesedge-0.3.5.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc x86"
 IUSE="nls"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 RESTRICT="userpriv"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}