diff --git a/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-0.5.5-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
index 707e8a5538918..b7ed30df2c233 100644
--- a/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-9999.ebuild
index 90c7394ac00d0..dcc8f1dacc4e7 100644
--- a/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/babelfish/babelfish-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3