diff --git a/lang/cython-devel/Makefile b/lang/cython-devel/Makefile
index b9d65721f357..f8df0265ac0f 100644
--- a/lang/cython-devel/Makefile
+++ b/lang/cython-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	cython
 DISTVERSION=	3.0.0a11
 CATEGORIES=	lang python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Compiler for Writing C Extensions for the Python Language
 WWW=		https://cython.org/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-USES=		compiler:c11 python:2.7+
+USES=		compiler:c11 python
 USE_PYTHON=	allflavors autoplist concurrent distutils
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	py*-cython # bin/cygdb bin/cygdb-3.8 bin/cython bin/cython-3.8 bin/cythonize bin/cythonize-3.8
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/Cython -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>