diff --git a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
index 7638569122..4a17c8b336 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gobject-introspection'
 pkgname=gobject-introspection
 version=1.58.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meson
+pycompile_version="$py3_ver"
+pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/${pkgname}/giscanner"
 hostmakedepends="flex pkg-config"
 makedepends="cairo-devel libffi-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel python3-devel"
 depends="libgirepository-devel"
@@ -12,8 +14,6 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/GObjectInstrospection"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=27c1590a32749de0a5481ce897772547043e94bccba4bc0a7edb3d8513e401ec
-pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/${pkgname}/giscanner"
-python_version=3
 nocross=yes
 
 gir-freedesktop_package() {