diff --git a/srcpkgs/mininet/template b/srcpkgs/mininet/template
index 5c1f0076ac0..b593e1b4b22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mininet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mininet/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=mininet
 version=2.2.1
 revision=1
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="mininet"
 hostmakedepends="help2man python-setuptools"
 depends="bash inetutils-telnet iperf iputils libcgroup-utils net-tools openvswitch socat"