diff --git a/dev-python/pygit2/pygit2-0.28.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pygit2/pygit2-0.28.2.ebuild
index af66f50b580a4..238f34885b7ec 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygit2/pygit2-0.28.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygit2/pygit2-0.28.2.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 eapi7-ver