diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-spambayes/template b/srcpkgs/python-spambayes/template
index 5de93bae395..53ffe54edd8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-spambayes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-spambayes/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.1b2
 revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname#*-}-${version}
 noarch=yes
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python-lockfile python-pydns"
 pycompile_module="${pkgname#*-}"