diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template b/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template
index 3a3fa07047..2a016952ff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-efl/template
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-efl'
 pkgname=python3-efl
 version=1.23.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc=python-efl-${version}
 build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="efl"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python-devel python3-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel"
 makedepends="efl-devel python-dbus-devel"
-depends="python-dbus"
+depends="python3-dbus"
 short_desc="Python3 bindings for Enlightenment Foundation Libraries"
 maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
-license="LGPL-3.0-only, LGPL-3.0-only"
+license="LGPL-3.0-only, GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="http://enlightenment.org"
 distfiles="http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/bindings/python/python-efl-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=2bdef4153e3df2ed3edef9f1ebb4554054405425247a9fabb3c784b48232d69b
 
-# ETOOBIG
-if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
-	LDFLAGS="-Wl,--no-keep-memory"
-fi
+pre_build() {
+	# any higher optimization level and gcc OOMs on i686 (even -Os)
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		i686*) export CFLAGS+=" -O1";;
+	esac
+
+	# the build likes to add -g without asking
+	if [ -z "$XBPS_DEBUG_PKGS" ]; then
+		export CFLAGS+=" -g0"
+	fi
+}