diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.8.3-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.8.3-r2.ebuild
index 0eda092020e30..7b2615c34eee0 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.8.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.8.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_6)
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6)
 
 inherit distutils-r1 eutils
 
diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.9.0.ebuild
index 66298b1769937..bf9ebf05fb64d 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-0.9.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7})
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 eutils