diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gitdb/template b/srcpkgs/python-gitdb/template
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index 253ddaa07bd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-gitdb/template
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-gitdb'
-pkgname=python-gitdb
-version=2.0.5
-revision=2
-archs=noarch
-wrksrc="gitdb2-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="gitdb"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python-smmap"
-short_desc="Pure-Python git object database (Python2)"
-maintainer="Joseph LaFreniere <joseph@lafreniere.xyz>"
-license="BSD-3-Clause"
-homepage="https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/g/gitdb2/gitdb2-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=83361131a1836661a155172932a13c08bda2db3674e4caa32368aa6eb02f38c2
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
-
-python3-gitdb_package() {
-	archs=noarch
-	depends="python3-smmap"
-	pycompile_module="gitdb"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gitdb b/srcpkgs/python3-gitdb
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-python-gitdb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gitdb/template b/srcpkgs/python3-gitdb/template
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-gitdb'
+pkgname=python3-gitdb
+version=2.0.5
+revision=3
+wrksrc="gitdb2-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-smmap"
+short_desc="Pure-Python git object database (Python3)"
+maintainer="Joseph LaFreniere <joseph@lafreniere.xyz>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/g/gitdb2/gitdb2-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=83361131a1836661a155172932a13c08bda2db3674e4caa32368aa6eb02f38c2
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}