diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pathlib/template b/srcpkgs/python-pathlib/template
index adb6e957cec..75426c95085 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pathlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pathlib/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.0.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pathlib-${version}"
-build_style="python-module"
+build_style=python2-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 pycompile_module="pathlib.py"