diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template b/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template
index 8b6aab45d2..7d64df1a3a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-chardet'
 pkgname=python-chardet
 version=2.3.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="chardet-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools"
 pycompile_module="chardet"
 short_desc="Universal encoding detector for Python 2 and 3 (Python2)"
@@ -15,17 +14,23 @@ homepage="https://github.com/chardet/chardet"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/chardet/chardet-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e53e38b3a4afe6d1132de62b7400a4ac363452dc5dfcf8d88e8e0cce663c68aa
-alternatives="chardet:chardetect:/usr/bin/chardetect2.7"
+alternatives="chardet:chardetect:/usr/bin/chardetect2"
 
-python3.4-chardet_package() {
+python3-chardet_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4-setuptools"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3-setuptools"
 	pycompile_module="chardet"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
-	alternatives="chardet:chardetect:/usr/bin/chardetect3.4"
+	replaces="python3.4-chardet>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	alternatives="chardet:chardetect:/usr/bin/chardetect3"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/bin/chardetect3.4
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/bin/chardetect3
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 	}
 }
+python3.4-chardet_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-chardet>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-chardet b/srcpkgs/python3-chardet
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..e77647d75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-chardet
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-chardet
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