diff --git a/mail/py-fuglu/Makefile b/mail/py-fuglu/Makefile
index 988ed023018c..5b20f0093b00 100644
--- a/mail/py-fuglu/Makefile
+++ b/mail/py-fuglu/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	postfix:mail/postfix \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rarfile>0:archivers/py-rarfile@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lzma>0:archivers/py-lzma@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	fuglu
diff --git a/multimedia/py-subliminal/Makefile b/multimedia/py-subliminal/Makefile
index 34f4fe1e967d..3a979106554d 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-subliminal/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/py-subliminal/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}beautifulsoup>=4.4.0:www/py-beautifulsoup@${
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rarfile>=2.7:archivers/py-rarfile@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>=2012c:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes