diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tempita/template b/srcpkgs/python-tempita/template
index bd61a4b21d..ab6b7710c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tempita/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-tempita/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python-tempita'
 pkgname=python-tempita
 version=0.5.2
-revision=6
+revision=7
 wrksrc="Tempita-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/T/Tempita/Tempita-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=cacecf0baa674d356641f1d406b8bff1d756d739c46b869a54de515d08e6fc9c
 
+post_patch() {
+	# setuptools no longer supports use_2to3
+	vsed -i setup.py -e '/use_2to3/d'
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	# This is pure python, no need for cross antics
+	python2.7 setup.py build --build-base=build-2.7
+
+	# Convert py2 syntax to py3 since setuptools no longer does it
+	2to3-${py3_ver} -w tempita
+	python3 setup.py build --build-base=build-${py3_ver}
+}
+
 python3-tempita_package() {
 	depends="python3"
 	pycompile_module="tempita"