diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-Cheroot/template b/srcpkgs/python-Cheroot/template
index 508d0a54863..3b51066eb69 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-Cheroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-Cheroot/template
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pre_build() {
 		-e '/setuptools_scm/d' \
 		-e '/setuptools_scm_git_archive/d' \
 		-e '/use_scm_version/d' \
-		-e '/backports.*/s/$/;python_version<"3.4"/' \  # not needed on python3
+		-e '/backports.*/s/$/;python_version<"3.4"/' \
 		-e "/name = /a\
 		version = ${version}"
 }