diff --git a/dev-java/java-config/java-config-2.2.0-r4.ebuild b/dev-java/java-config/java-config-2.2.0-r4.ebuild
index 725ac6dc0e56c..2913a8f7f6820 100644
--- a/dev-java/java-config/java-config-2.2.0-r4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/java-config/java-config-2.2.0-r4.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 # jython depends on java-config, so don't add it or things will break
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7,3_8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit distutils-r1