diff --git a/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/Makefile b/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/Makefile
index 54b19e27632f..0664a642429d 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	google-compute-engine
 DISTVERSION=	2.8.13
-PORTREVISION=	4
+PORTREVISION=	5
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Guest Environment for Google Compute Engine
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}boto>0:devel/py-boto@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netaddr>0:net/py-netaddr@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netaddr>0:net/py-netaddr@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netifaces>0:net/py-netifaces@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		google_oslogin_control:sysutils/google-compute-engine-oslogin \
 		sudo:security/sudo
diff --git a/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/files/instance_configs.cfg.distro.sample b/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/files/instance_configs.cfg.distro.sample
index 0c018cc01407..68e85c3ccba5 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/files/instance_configs.cfg.distro.sample
+++ b/sysutils/py-google-compute-engine/files/instance_configs.cfg.distro.sample
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ default_shell = /bin/sh
 [InstanceSetup]
 set_multiqueue = false
 optimize_local_ssd = false
+# google-cloud-sdk only supports python2 at the moment, disabling boto will
+# avoid issues when running this agent with python3.
+set_boto_config = false