diff --git a/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r1.ebuild
index e9a33fb38a9ff..822b5d285097a 100644
--- a/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit cmake-utils python-any-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r2.ebuild
index adf6eea6b377e..3e8ebb177b776 100644
--- a/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-1.9.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit meson python-any-r1