diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/template b/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/template
index 51f2aaebf2..bdc224067c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'python-jupyter_console'
 pkgname=python-jupyter_console
 version=5.2.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="jupyter_console-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="jupyter_console"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python-ipython python-ipython_ipykernel python-jupyter_client
  python-prompt_toolkit1 python-Pygments"
 short_desc="Jupyter terminal console (Python2)"
@@ -18,19 +18,7 @@ checksum=545dedd3aaaa355148093c5609f0229aeb121b4852995c2accfa64fe3e0e55cd
 alternatives="jupyter-console:jupyter-console:/usr/bin/jupyter-console2"
 
 post_install() {
+	# create versioned script for alternatives
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/jupyter-console{,2}
 	vlicense COPYING.md LICENSE
 }
-
-python3-jupyter_console_package() {
-	archs=noarch
-	depends="python3-ipython python3-ipython_ipykernel python3-jupyter_client
-	 python3-prompt_toolkit1 python3-Pygments"
-	pycompile_module="jupyter_console"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	alternatives="jupyter-console:jupyter-console:/usr/bin/jupyter-console3"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/jupyter-console3
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense COPYING.md LICENSE
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/update b/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/update
index e9b0a0a5ea..b2ab593979 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-jupyter_console/update
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ignore="*b*"
+ignore="*b* 6.*"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_console b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_console
deleted file mode 120000
index d57f672749..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_console
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-jupyter_console
\ No newline at end of file