--- python.eclass
+++ python.eclass
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 _CPYTHON3_SUPPORTED_ABIS=(3.0 3.1 3.2)
 _JYTHON_SUPPORTED_ABIS=(2.5-jython)
 
+# ================================================================================================
+# ===================================== HANDLING OF METADATA =====================================
+# ================================================================================================
+
 # @ECLASS-VARIABLE: PYTHON_DEPEND
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # Specification of dependency on dev-lang/python.
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@
 #   minimal_version:           <minimal_major_version.minimal_minor_version>
 #   maximal_version:           <maximal_major_version.maximal_minor_version>
 
-_parse_PYTHON_DEPEND() {
+_python_parse_PYTHON_DEPEND() {
 	local major_version maximal_version minimal_version python_all="0" python_maximal_version python_minimal_version python_versions=() python2="0" python2_maximal_version python2_minimal_version python3="0" python3_maximal_version python3_minimal_version USE_flag= version_components_group version_components_group_regex version_components_groups
 
 	version_components_group_regex="(2|3|\*)(:([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)?(:([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)?)?)?"
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@
 if [[ -n "${PYTHON_DEPEND}" && -n "${NEED_PYTHON}" ]]; then
 	die "PYTHON_DEPEND and NEED_PYTHON cannot be set simultaneously"
 elif [[ -n "${PYTHON_DEPEND}" ]]; then
-	_parse_PYTHON_DEPEND
+	_python_parse_PYTHON_DEPEND
 elif [[ -n "${NEED_PYTHON}" ]]; then
 	if ! has "${EAPI:-0}" 0 1 2; then
 		eerror "Use PYTHON_DEPEND variable instead of NEED_PYTHON variable."
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@
 else
 	_PYTHON_ATOMS=("dev-lang/python")
 fi
+unset -f _python_parse_PYTHON_DEPEND
 
 # @ECLASS-VARIABLE: PYTHON_USE_WITH
 # @DESCRIPTION: