diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-defusedxml/template b/srcpkgs/python-defusedxml/template
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+# Template file for 'python-defusedxml'
+pkgname=python-defusedxml
+version=0.5.0
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="defusedxml-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="defusedxml"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Defusing XML bombs and other exploits (Python2)"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/tiran/defusedxml"
+license="Python-2.0"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/defusedxml/defusedxml-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=24d7f2f94f7f3cb6061acb215685e5125fbcdc40a857eff9de22518820b0a4f4
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+python3-defusedxml_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="python3"
+	pycompile_module="defusedxml"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vlicense LICENSE
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-defusedxml b/srcpkgs/python3-defusedxml
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+python-defusedxml
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