diff --git a/obsolete/python2/build b/obsolete/python2/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e2125f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete/python2/build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --without-ensurepip
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
+
+rm "$1/usr/bin/2to3"
+rm "$1/usr/bin/python"
diff --git a/obsolete/python2/checksums b/obsolete/python2/checksums
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index 00000000..928d455e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete/python2/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f222ef602647eecb6853681156d32de4450a2c39f4de93bd5b20235f2e660ed7  Python-2.7.16.tar.xz
diff --git a/obsolete/python2/sources b/obsolete/python2/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3014836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete/python2/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.16/Python-2.7.16.tar.xz
diff --git a/obsolete/python2/version b/obsolete/python2/version
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index 00000000..5db34961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete/python2/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.7.16 1