diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.5.0a2 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.5.0a2
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+#require_gcc
+install_package "readline-6.3" "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
+install_package "Python-3.5.0a2" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/Python-3.5.0a2.tgz#8e72209d95f286efb33bf96a6593d475" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py35 ensurepip