diff --git a/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-9999.ebuild b/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-9999.ebuild
index 495db541c344b..359edcc95858b 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/gtest/gtest-9999.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 # Python is required for tests and some build tasks.
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8,9} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8,9} )
 
 CMAKE_ECLASS=cmake
 inherit cmake-multilib python-any-r1