diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-netifaces/template b/srcpkgs/python-netifaces/template
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@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-netifaces'
-pkgname=python-netifaces
-version=0.10.9
-revision=3
-wrksrc="netifaces-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
-short_desc="Python2 library to retrieve information about network interfaces"
-maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://github.com/al45tair/netifaces"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/netifaces/netifaces-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2dee9ffdd16292878336a58d04a20f0ffe95555465fee7c9bd23b3490ef2abf3
-
-post_install() {
-	sed -n '/Copyright/,/SOFTWARE\./p' PKG-INFO >LICENSE
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}
-
-python3-netifaces_package() {
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3*
-		vlicense LICENSE
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-netifaces b/srcpkgs/python3-netifaces
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-python-netifaces
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-netifaces/template b/srcpkgs/python3-netifaces/template
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+# Template file for 'python3-netifaces'
+pkgname=python3-netifaces
+version=0.10.9
+revision=4
+wrksrc="netifaces-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="python3-devel"
+short_desc="Python3 library to retrieve information about network interfaces"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/al45tair/netifaces"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/netifaces/netifaces-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2dee9ffdd16292878336a58d04a20f0ffe95555465fee7c9bd23b3490ef2abf3
+conflicts="python-netifaces>=0"
+
+post_install() {
+	sed -n '/Copyright/,/SOFTWARE\./p' PKG-INFO >LICENSE
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}