diff --git a/srcpkgs/idle-python b/srcpkgs/idle-python
index 0d091609e96..d8654aa0e2f 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/idle-python
+++ b/srcpkgs/idle-python
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-tkinter
\ No newline at end of file
+python
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/idle-python2 b/srcpkgs/idle-python2
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..5e2384079e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/idle-python2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python2-tkinter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter
index 5e2384079e0..d8654aa0e2f 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python2-tkinter
\ No newline at end of file
+python
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 39d06f37bdc..e74e2ee1ce6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -14,3 +14,15 @@ python-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	build_style=meta
 }
+
+python-tkinter_package() {
+	depends="python${version%%.*}-tkinter"
+	short_desc+=" - GUI toolkit"
+	build_style=meta
+}
+
+idle-python_package() {
+	depends="idle-python${version%%.*}"
+	short_desc="IDE for Python${version%%.*} using Tkinter"
+	build_style=meta
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python2-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python2-tkinter/template
index 5534e81ae03..4f39642f4ee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python2-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python2-tkinter/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _desc="Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language"
 
 pkgname=python2-tkinter
 version=2.7.18.10
-revision=1
+revision=2
 _commit=3e06fbb19d735aea134b327ad7af28f17eee5d88
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ do_install() {
 	ln -sf idle2.7 ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/idle2
 }
 
-idle-python_package() {
+idle-python2_package() {
 	short_desc="${_desc} - IDE for Python2 using Tkinter"
 	pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
@@ -88,9 +88,3 @@ idle-python_package() {
 		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/idle2.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
 	}
 }
-
-python-tkinter_package() {
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
-	build_style=meta
-}