diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.5.0a3 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.5.0a3
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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-3.5.0a3" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/Python-3.5.0a3.tgz#5521bdf9ae9af5b794cd65477bcb02a3" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py35 ensurepip