diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
index dde9e7423..a2b2f74e1 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
@@ -110,3 +110,6 @@ dev-util/appmon
 #not ready for python3
 #https://github.com/owtf/owtf/issues/949
 #net-analyzer/owtf
+
+#deps aren't ready yet, need to switch to gnuradio 3.8
+dev-python/numpy-python2
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/dev-python b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/dev-python
index 5f865e8fc..fd4526c40 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/dev-python
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/dev-python
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dev-python/pycairo -xcb
 
 #needed by scipy, gnuradio
 dev-python/numpy lapack
+dev-python/numpy-python2 lapack
 
 #needed by mossmann for interactive python in classes
 dev-python/ipython matplotlib
diff --git a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
index abe2a0e79..3aa2405d4 100755
--- a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
@@ -394,6 +394,12 @@ main_checks() {
     printf "Removing obsolete jpeg-62 virtual\n"
     emerge -C "=${removeme6}"
   fi
+  #gnuradio 3.7 breaks the dep tree here, uncomment this after 3.8 is ready
+  #removeme7=$(portageq match / '<dev-python/numpy-1.17')
+  #if [ -n "${removeme7}" ]; then
+  #  printf "Removing pre-split numpy\n"
+  #  emerge -C "<dev-python/numpy-1.17"
+  #fi
 
   #before main upgrades, let's set a good java-vm
   set_java