diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcomix/template b/srcpkgs/mcomix/template
index bd06248bcde..117a1a4edb7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mcomix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcomix/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=mcomix
 version=1.2.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="${pkgname}"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools pygtk python-Pillow xdg-utils"