diff --git a/dev-python/xmlschema/xmlschema-1.0.16.ebuild b/dev-python/xmlschema/xmlschema-1.0.16.ebuild
index f8089f3c2ea65..d23fedd5cddce 100644
--- a/dev-python/xmlschema/xmlschema-1.0.16.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/xmlschema/xmlschema-1.0.16.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="An XML Schema validator and decoder"