diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany/template b/srcpkgs/geany/template
index e99051eedb..e877136d5f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.geany.org"
 distfiles="https://download.${pkgname}.org/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=9184dd3dd40b7b84fca70083284bb9dbf2ee8022bf2be066bdc36592d909d53e
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi