diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template b/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 41fa3cfdac..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-hiredis'
-pkgname=python-hiredis
-version=0.2.0
-revision=5
-wrksrc="hiredis-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
-makedepends="python-devel python3-devel hiredis-devel"
-pycompile_module="hiredis"
-short_desc="Python2 wrapper for hiredis"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="BSD"
-homepage="https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/h/hiredis/hiredis-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ca958e13128e49674aa4a96f02746f5de5973f39b57297b84d59fd44d314d5b5
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense COPYING
-}
-
-python3-hiredis_package() {
-	pycompile_module="hiredis"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense COPYING
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis b/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis
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index c6091c8264..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-hiredis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/patches/system-libs.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis/patches/system-libs.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/python-hiredis/patches/system-libs.patch
rename to srcpkgs/python3-hiredis/patches/system-libs.patch
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis/template b/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a8e68fa3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis/template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-hiredis'
+pkgname=python3-hiredis
+version=0.2.0
+revision=6
+wrksrc="hiredis-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-devel"
+makedepends="python3-devel hiredis-devel"
+short_desc="Python3 wrapper for hiredis"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/h/hiredis/hiredis-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ca958e13128e49674aa4a96f02746f5de5973f39b57297b84d59fd44d314d5b5
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}