diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
index aee2b328..2be73723 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ app-emulation/xen-tools hvm qemu
 # 2016-12-25: vala useflag enable because budgie-desktop requires it
 # emoji disabled because it pulls also app-i18n/unicode-cldr which when
 # unpacked takes about 120 MB
-app-i18n/ibus gtk2 dconf vala -emoji
+app-i18n/ibus gtk2 dconf vala -emoji -python_single_target_python2_7
 app-i18n/skk-jisyo cdb
 
 app-laptop/pommed -gtk