diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-subliminal b/srcpkgs/python-subliminal
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b03131f9466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-subliminal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subliminal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-subliminal/template b/srcpkgs/python-subliminal/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 74dcf00ebdd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-subliminal/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-subliminal'
-pkgname=python-subliminal
-version=2.1.0
-revision=2
-archs=noarch
-wrksrc="subliminal-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python python-guessit python-babelfish python-enzyme
- python-BeautifulSoup4 python-requests python-click python-dogpile.cache
- python-stevedore python-chardet python-pysrt python-six python-appdirs
- python-rarfile python-pytz"
-short_desc="Subtitles, faster than your thoughts (Python2)"
-maintainer="Daniel Santana <daniel@santana.tech>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="http://subliminal.readthedocs.org"
-changelog="https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/blob/master/HISTORY.rst"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/subliminal/subliminal-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c6439cc733a4f37f01f8c14c096d44fd28d75d1f6f6e2d1d1003b1b82c65628b
-alternatives="subliminal:subliminal:/usr/bin/subliminal2"
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
-
-python3-subliminal_package() {
-	archs=noarch
-	depends="python3 python3-guessit python3-babelfish python3-enzyme
-	 python3-BeautifulSoup4 python3-requests python3-click python3-dogpile.cache
-	 python3-stevedore python3-chardet python3-pysrt python3-six python3-appdirs
-	 python3-rarfile python3-pytz"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	alternatives="subliminal:subliminal:/usr/bin/subliminal3"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/subliminal3
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-subliminal b/srcpkgs/python3-subliminal
index 65210ec26fd..b03131f9466 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-subliminal
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-subliminal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-subliminal
\ No newline at end of file
+subliminal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/subliminal/template b/srcpkgs/subliminal/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d93d421276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/subliminal/template
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Template file for 'subliminal'
+pkgname=subliminal
+version=2.1.0
+revision=3
+archs=noarch
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3 python3-guessit python3-babelfish python3-enzyme
+ python3-BeautifulSoup4 python3-requests python3-click python3-dogpile.cache
+ python3-stevedore python3-chardet python3-pysrt python3-six python3-appdirs
+ python3-rarfile python3-pytz"
+short_desc="Subtitles, faster than your thoughts"
+maintainer="Daniel Santana <daniel@santana.tech>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://subliminal.readthedocs.org"
+changelog="https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/blob/master/HISTORY.rst"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/subliminal/subliminal-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c6439cc733a4f37f01f8c14c096d44fd28d75d1f6f6e2d1d1003b1b82c65628b
+
+do_check() {
+	: # pypi tarball has no tests
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+python-subliminal_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="subliminal>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+}
+
+python3-subliminal_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="subliminal>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+}