diff --git a/srcpkgs/obnam/template b/srcpkgs/obnam/template
index 51e4c3d6e32..2bf5249b754 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/obnam/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/obnam/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=obnam
 version=1.19.1
 revision=1
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 makedepends="python-devel python-larch python-paramiko"
 hostmakedepends="$makedepends python-yaml mdocml"
 depends="python python-larch python-paramiko python-fuse python-yaml"