diff --git a/dev-python/tweepy/tweepy-3.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/tweepy/tweepy-3.5.0.ebuild
index 008e2c23fb34d..603f325a84eee 100644
--- a/dev-python/tweepy/tweepy-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/tweepy/tweepy-3.5.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_6 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="ssl(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1