diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-sympy/template b/srcpkgs/python-sympy/template
index 71d223dfe03..76a05b4af7d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-sympy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-sympy/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-sympy'
 pkgname=python-sympy
 version=1.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="sympy-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-mpmath"
 pycompile_module="sympy"
 short_desc="Computer algebra system for Python2"
@@ -17,29 +16,35 @@ distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/sympy/sympy-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3eacd210d839e4db911d216a9258a3ac6f936992f66db211e22767983297ffae
 
 alternatives="
- sympy:isympy:/usr/bin/isympy2.7
- sympy:isympy.1:/usr/share/man/man1/isympy2.7.1"
+ sympy:isympy:/usr/bin/isympy2
+ sympy:isympy.1:/usr/share/man/man1/isympy2.1"
 
 post_install() {
 	# create versioned man pages
-	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/isympy{,2.7}.1
-	vman doc/man/isympy.1 isympy3.4.1
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/isympy{,2}.1
+	vman doc/man/isympy.1 isympy3.1
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
-python3.4-sympy_package() {
+python3-sympy_package() {
 	alternatives="
-	 sympy:isympy:/usr/bin/isympy3.4
-	 sympy:isympy.1:/usr/share/man/man1/isympy3.4.1"
+	 sympy:isympy:/usr/bin/isympy3
+	 sympy:isympy.1:/usr/share/man/man1/isympy3.1"
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4-mpmath"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3-mpmath"
 	pycompile_module="sympy"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-sympy>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/isympy3.4
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
-		vmove usr/share/man/man1/isympy3.4.1
+		vmove usr/bin/isympy3
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vmove usr/share/man/man1/isympy3.1
 		vlicense LICENSE
 	}
 }
+python3.4-sympy_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-sympy>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-sympy b/srcpkgs/python3-sympy
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9e6bbea60ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-sympy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-sympy
\ No newline at end of file