diff --git a/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.5.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
index c5c3088a455f4..a8c201bb4de2c 100644
--- a/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.1-r1.ebuild
index 0e0fadaef8a7e..64bdc8f3b6caf 100644
--- a/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.1-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}} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1