diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
index fb4ce50b..9af94e85 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ app-admin/packagekit-base python_single_target_python2_7
 # remove py2 e.g. to satisfy deps (for example, to avoid downgrades to versions
 # of dependendencies supporting Python 2)
 app-backup/duplicity -python_targets_python2_7
+app-editors/qhexedit2 -python_targets_python2_7
 dev-python/jaraco-functools -python_targets_python2_7
 dev-python/pytest -python_targets_python2_7
 dev-python/pytest-cov -python_targets_python2_7