diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal b/srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal
deleted file mode 120000
index dc47d89922..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-tzlocal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tzlocal/template b/srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal/template
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rename from srcpkgs/python-tzlocal/template
rename to srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal/template
index 52195335ef..7ea1546407 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tzlocal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-# Template file for 'python-tzlocal'
-pkgname=python-tzlocal
+# Template file for 'python3-tzlocal'
+pkgname=python3-tzlocal
 version=2.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="tzlocal-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python-pytz"
-short_desc="Return the tzinfo object for the local timezone (Python2)"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-pytz"
+checkdepends="python3-pytz python3-mock"
+short_desc="Return the tzinfo object for the local timezone (Python 3)"
 maintainer="Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@yahoo.co.uk>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal"
@@ -15,16 +16,14 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/regebro/tzlocal/master/CHANGES.txt"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/t/tzlocal/tzlocal-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=643c97c5294aedc737780a49d9df30889321cbe1204eac2c2ec6134035a92e44
 
+post_patch() {
+	# In tzlocal development tree, below file is a symlink
+	# Hence, the check correctly report its value
+	rm -f tests/test_data/symlink_localtime/etc/localtime
+	ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Harare \
+		tests/test_data/symlink_localtime/etc/localtime
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 }
-
-python3-tzlocal_package() {
-	archs=noarch
-	depends="python3-pytz"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tzlocal/update b/srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal/update
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/python-tzlocal/update
rename to srcpkgs/python3-tzlocal/update