diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfigstudio/template b/srcpkgs/synfigstudio/template
index f87ceac46a..a4d76569db 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synfigstudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfigstudio/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.synfig.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/synfig/synfig/releases/download/v${version}/source-synfigstudio-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=76fa37998af634cf694f9b5bdfcb90220bc88f8527df117d9282a39fe01489e2
+python_version=2 #unverified
 CXXFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-copy"
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then