diff --git a/sys-cluster/ceph/Manifest b/sys-cluster/ceph/Manifest
index 2023034..2fabc52 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/ceph/Manifest
+++ b/sys-cluster/ceph/Manifest
@@ -109,5 +109,5 @@ AUX rbdmap.initd 2373 BLAKE2B b88d79efc722e2de3d1f0269664a976ed45fbb0a1c9d46fcfd
 AUX sysctld 57 BLAKE2B 840eec3d188df4998c7ba8fb923777636ae9d2aa342545b69c12e5ea8aa98ae97349b42b56c65a531b207c5f970f873a79c41789941cdd10b279e38f1616f84d SHA512 410f5d721c6cfcc5d7ddaff4f348345140d4b8e1b8fddccb537118bfc59f573ecad63db448598423c9a58fcfdb4cef90e6af27b838e6b77955dfd47673f0f52a
 DIST ceph-10.2.10.tar.gz 14573701 BLAKE2B 78c68deb8537cae8394b4d35569983431e938eff42b01f448dea68016b33ca5770c83d1e1d382bfd6c8164d5259e821779c6515f8c8fb4d5d52ee90b7df43180 SHA512 883d1b8340aaefc7a1eee4bbfb5b1d1cc15bffed8f35fb1e8fb86b1208a4d0d16753eb6c688ea0e661c4877d3d148b2b6c2b41620c4e8a61e47c69f46f98e537
 EBUILD ceph-10.2.10-r3.ebuild 7889 BLAKE2B 480a004d504c825de64784f9d333d904c79b6a4529e2f4823a478cda97e382084191bf2c0fee8eb8be05780ea02a99584f84f1addf4802f6ed2f925758571d8f SHA512 20de80cb781a852541f51f1528a0b0a6647f5d4452522f91f4ed5707fcd87d4c70249223dff04a8ce63e10a717c499ff63b3e4daf9eef6d22752742e5d599bba
-EBUILD ceph-10.2.10-r4.ebuild 7880 BLAKE2B 6b7cd1f66655cde5982acb15b4d85f4bd823f9bd5e244a9e94e28481b2c621191a4217a11d3500596231b482835d2e2ec8952754afacc06df09d02c4eca6ae92 SHA512 63dec3f997179ffbdcf806cf258d026123388dd03ede9c79701c865bde1706ed3021d30cbe3a14404e517b7ad10a7dadccc9d78b3c9ab474f884fa4f81cacb14
+EBUILD ceph-10.2.10-r4.ebuild 7451 BLAKE2B 1df4a2a0da2460d9da9c4683d9aa48f6982941284781a1e9c5f5cd7588367b467091dd83d78f78f1db5a7b80b8b96d40ac694d9a0bebdaf6bae9c757a0de38d9 SHA512 2ae54227b0c7c11f4a84e3d7a3ea74637344d8cb08d1d26587b83ee3935d63c3a0da49f0497aafa4555036edb83435a54d374d4f14233db393b2a313290e6ea3
 MISC metadata.xml 2044 BLAKE2B f9a309d38c66cfb87071206331a6e2ba88366ed09802e949cb4499f1a0b2ee7a3ceca7df5653d1955c76ad2daf900aeee166265a2ced9c0b393e609f397dd563 SHA512 c051bacbbc9e64f0774714c1f6f8cf99990e1669de0ca1633173d870c03e04827cae993fd5e6846b310d838eead8471d2181a0678693ea43423e08795dfc0a47
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ceph/ceph-10.2.10-r4.ebuild b/sys-cluster/ceph/ceph-10.2.10-r4.ebuild
index 1f8c94d..4b2e5e6 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/ceph/ceph-10.2.10-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/ceph/ceph-10.2.10-r4.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6..10}} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 
 inherit check-reqs autotools eutils python-r1 udev user \
 	readme.gentoo-r1 systemd versionator flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	lttng? ( dev-util/lttng-ust:= )
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	"
+BDEPEND="dev-lang/python:2.7"
 DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	app-arch/cpio
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	"
 REQUIRED_USE="
-	$(python_gen_useflags 'python2*')
+	|| ( $(python_gen_useflags 'python3*') )
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
 	^^ ( nss cryptopp )
 	?? ( jemalloc tcmalloc )
@@ -152,18 +153,6 @@ emake_python_bindings() {
 	__emake_python_bindings_do_impl() {
 		ceph_run_econf "${EPYTHON}"
 		emake "${params[@]}" PYTHON="${EPYTHON}" "${binding}-pybind-${action}"
-
-		# these don't work and aren't needed on python3
-		if [[ ${EBUILD_PHASE} == install ]]; then
-			for module in "${S}"/src/pybind/*.py; do
-				module_basename="$(basename "${module}")"
-				if [[ ${module_basename} == ceph_volume_client.py ]] && ! use cephfs; then
-					continue
-				elif [[ ! -e "${ED}/$(python_get_sitedir)/${module_basename}" ]]; then
-					python_domodule ${module}
-				fi
-			done
-		fi
 	}
 
 	pushd "${S}/src"
@@ -233,8 +222,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
 	)
 
-	# we can only use python2.7 for building at the moment
-	ceph_run_econf "python2*"
+	ceph_run_econf "python3*"
 }
 
 ceph_run_econf() {
@@ -298,7 +286,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	readme.gentoo_create_doc
 
-	python_setup 'python2*'
+	python_setup 'python3*'
 	python_fix_shebang "${ED}"/usr/{,s}bin/
 
 	# python_fix_shebang apparently is not idempotent