diff --git a/tools-uclibc/portage.mips.hardened/profile/package.use.force b/tools-uclibc/portage.mips.hardened/profile/package.use.force
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+dev-python/pyxattr python_targets_python2_7
+dev-libs/libxml2 python_targets_python2_7
+dev-libs/libxslt python_targets_python2_7
diff --git a/tools-uclibc/portage.mips.vanilla/profile/package.use.force b/tools-uclibc/portage.mips.vanilla/profile/package.use.force
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+dev-python/pyxattr python_targets_python2_7
+dev-libs/libxml2 python_targets_python2_7
+dev-libs/libxslt python_targets_python2_7