diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template b/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
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-# Template file for 'python-numexpr'
-pkgname=python-numexpr
-version=2.7.0
-revision=2
-wrksrc="numexpr-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="numexpr"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-makedepends="python-devel python3-devel python-numpy python3-numpy"
-depends="python-numpy"
-short_desc="Fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy (Python2)"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/numexpr/numexpr-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=37324b5981b8962102bdc8640c4f05f5589da5d1df2702418783085cb78ca217
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE.txt
-}
-
-python3-numexpr_package() {
-	depends="python3-numpy"
-	pycompile_module="numexpr"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE.txt
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr b/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr
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-python-numexpr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr/template b/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr/template
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@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-numexpr'
+pkgname=python3-numexpr
+version=2.7.0
+revision=3
+wrksrc="numexpr-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+build_helper=numpy
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy"
+depends="python3-numpy"
+short_desc="Fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy (Python3)"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/numexpr/numexpr-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=37324b5981b8962102bdc8640c4f05f5589da5d1df2702418783085cb78ca217
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}