diff --git a/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0-r2.ebuild
index 3becb7572b51b..83c5764ec7136 100644
--- a/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cov-core/cov-core-1.15.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6..9} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} pypy3 )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="plugin core for use by pytest-cov, nose-cov and nose2-cov"