diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index df6014a1..03948d39 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ import tarfile
 import tempfile
 import datetime
 
-import pathlib2
+try:
+    import pathlib
+except ImportError:
+    import pathlib2 as pathlib
 
 from distutils.dep_util import newer, newer_group
 from buildtools.config  import Config, msg, opj, posixjoin, loadETG, etg2sip, findCmd, \
@@ -1183,7 +1186,7 @@ def cmd_sip(options, args):
 def cmd_touch(options, args):
     cmdTimer = CommandTimer('touch')
     pwd = pushDir(phoenixDir())
-    etg = pathlib2.Path('etg')
+    etg = pathlib.Path('etg')
     for item in etg.glob('*.py'):
         item.touch()
 
diff --git a/requirements/devel.txt b/requirements/devel.txt
index 80c2ff07..0fec2567 100644
--- a/requirements/devel.txt
+++ b/requirements/devel.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ requests
 pytest
 pytest-xdist
 pytest-timeout
-pathlib2
+pathlib2 ; python_version < "3"