diff --git a/dev-python/python-ldap/python-ldap-2.4.32.ebuild b/dev-python/python-ldap/python-ldap-2.4.32.ebuild
index a9f4153a34d17..2a53470d7c00b 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-ldap/python-ldap-2.4.32.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-ldap/python-ldap-2.4.32.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 pypy )