diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-xmldiff/template b/srcpkgs/python-xmldiff/template
deleted file mode 100644
index b8f25af9575..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-xmldiff/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-xmldiff'
-pkgname=python-xmldiff
-version=2.4
-revision=1
-archs=noarch
-wrksrc="xmldiff-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python-lxml python-six python-setuptools"
-short_desc="Python2 classes to diff XML files"
-maintainer="prspkt <prspkt@protonmail.com>"
-license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
-homepage="https://github.com/Shoobx/xmldiff"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shoobx/xmldiff/master/CHANGES.rst"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/x/xmldiff/xmldiff-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=05bea20ce1f2c9678683bcce0c3ba9981f87d92b709d190e018bcbf047eccf63
-
-alternatives="xmldiff:xmldiff:/usr/bin/xmldiff2"
-replaces="xmldiff>=0"
-
-xmldiff_package() {
-	archs=noarch
-	build_style=meta
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
-}
-
-python3-xmldiff_package() {
-	archs=noarch
-	depends="python3-lxml python3-six python3-setuptools"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	alternatives="xmldiff:xmldiff:/usr/bin/xmldiff3"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/*3
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-xmldiff b/srcpkgs/python3-xmldiff
index 39c18c0bfdc..cb131c58ed8 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-xmldiff
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-xmldiff
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-xmldiff
\ No newline at end of file
+xmldiff
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmldiff b/srcpkgs/xmldiff
deleted file mode 120000
index 39c18c0bfdc..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/xmldiff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-xmldiff
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmldiff/template b/srcpkgs/xmldiff/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cfdb79d749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xmldiff/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'xmldiff'
+pkgname=xmldiff
+version=2.4
+revision=2
+wrksrc="xmldiff-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-lxml python3-six python3-setuptools"
+short_desc="Python3 classes to diff XML files"
+maintainer="prspkt <prspkt@protonmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/Shoobx/xmldiff"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shoobx/xmldiff/master/CHANGES.rst"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/x/xmldiff/xmldiff-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=05bea20ce1f2c9678683bcce0c3ba9981f87d92b709d190e018bcbf047eccf63
+conflicts="python-xmldiff>=0"
+
+post_patch() {
+	rm -f xmldiff/_diff_match_patch_py2.py
+}
+
+python3-xmldiff_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+}