diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index ec148e7096f..e93d8dd1649 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ replaces="
  uwsgi-python<=2.0.18_3
  v8<=3.24.35.33_4
  volnoti<=0.1_1
+ volume_key-python<=0.3.12_5
  vte-devel<=0.28.2_16
  vte-python<=0.28.2_16
  vte290-devel<=0.36.5_5
diff --git a/srcpkgs/volume_key-python b/srcpkgs/volume_key-python
deleted file mode 120000
index 649832a366f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/volume_key-python
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-volume_key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/volume_key/template b/srcpkgs/volume_key/template
index 7887040a1cd..d96b08e1ae9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/volume_key/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/volume_key/template
@@ -3,36 +3,25 @@ pkgname=volume_key
 version=0.3.12
 revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
-make_build_args="PYTHON3_CFLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc}
- PYTHON_CFLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py2_inc}"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 python"
-makedepends="cryptsetup-devel glib-devel gpgme-devel nss-devel python3-devel
- python-devel"
+configure_args="--without-python"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3"
+makedepends="cryptsetup-devel glib-devel gpgme-devel nss-devel python3-devel"
 short_desc="Library for manipulating storage volume encryption keys"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://pagure.io/volume_key"
 distfiles="https://releases.pagure.org/volume_key/volume_key-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=6ca3748fc1dad22c450bbf6601d4e706cb11c5e662d11bb4aeb473a9cd77309b
+make_check=no # Error initializing NSS: security library: bad database.
 
 volume_key-python3_package() {
 	lib32disabled=yes
-	pycompile_module="volume_key.py"
 	short_desc+=" - Python3 bindings"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/python3*"
 	}
 }
 
-volume_key-python_package() {
-	lib32disabled=yes
-	pycompile_module="volume_key.py"
-	short_desc+=" - Python bindings"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/python2*"
-	}
-}
-
 volume_key-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"