diff --git a/chinese/ibus-libpinyin/Makefile b/chinese/ibus-libpinyin/Makefile
index d1bae508ca83..2137785d4524 100644
--- a/chinese/ibus-libpinyin/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/ibus-libpinyin/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3 \
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib gmake python pkgconfig gettext
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
+USE_PYTHON=	py3kplist
 
 WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}
 
diff --git a/chinese/ibus-pinyin/Makefile b/chinese/ibus-pinyin/Makefile
index c43b2c7450ab..75252fe4d9f3 100644
--- a/chinese/ibus-pinyin/Makefile
+++ b/chinese/ibus-pinyin/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COMMENT=	PinYin engine for IBus
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xdg>0:devel/py-xdg \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xdg>0:devel/py-xdg@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/gir-1.0/IBus-1.0.gir:textproc/ibus
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpyzy-1.0.so:chinese/pyzy \
 		libibus-1.0.so:textproc/ibus \
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libpyzy-1.0.so:chinese/pyzy \
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib gmake pkgconfig python autoreconf libtool
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
+USE_PYTHON=	py3kplist
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-dependency-tracking --disable-lua-extension
 
diff --git a/devel/d-feet/Makefile b/devel/d-feet/Makefile
index 84dc8a95a052..a008795ae88e 100644
--- a/devel/d-feet/Makefile
+++ b/devel/d-feet/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	itstool:textproc/itstool
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
-USES=		gettext gmake gnome perl5 pkgconfig python:2.7+ tar:xz
+USES=		gettext gmake gnome perl5 pkgconfig python tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	gtk30 intlhack introspection:build libxml2:build libwnck3
+USE_PYTHON=	py3kplist
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 INSTALLS_ICONS=	yes
diff --git a/devel/gtranslator/Makefile b/devel/gtranslator/Makefile
index 9aa74363635f..f18c7669f2e4 100644
--- a/devel/gtranslator/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gtranslator/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ USE_GNOME=	intlhack gnomeprefix gtk30 libgda5 gtksourceview3 libxml2 \
 		introspection:build
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext gmake libtool pathfix \
 		pkgconfig python tar:xz
+USE_PYTHON=	py3kplist
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 INSTALLS_ICONS=	yes