diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a74393..81f381d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
 
 This repo contains a `build.sh` script that's intended to be run in an Amazon
 Linux docker container, and build scikit-learn, numpy, and scipy for use in AWS
-Lambda. For more info about how the script works, and how to use it, see my
+Lambda with Python 3.6. For more info about how the script works, and how to use it, see my
 [blog post on deploying sklearn to Lambda](https://serverlesscode.com/post/scikitlearn-with-amazon-linux-container/).
 
-There was an older version of this repo, now archived in the
-[ec2-build-process](https://github.com/ryansb/sklearn-build-lambda/tree/ec2-build-process)
-branch, used an EC2 instance to perform the build process and an Ansible
-playbook to execute the build. That version still works, but the new dockerized
-version doesn't require you to launch a remote instance.
+Because Python 3.6 is not yet yum-installable, we use a Linux build of Python 3.6 available with [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv).
 
 To build the zipfile, pull the Amazon Linux image and run the build script in
 it.
@@ -23,7 +19,7 @@ $ docker run -v $(pwd):/outputs -it amazonlinux:2016.09 \
 ```
 
 That will make a file called `venv.zip` in the local directory that's around
-40MB.
+45MB.
 
 Once you run this, you'll have a zipfile containing sklearn and its
 dependencies, to use them add your handler file to the zip, and add the `lib`
@@ -52,13 +48,13 @@ def handler(event, context):
 ## Sizing and Future Work
 
 With just compression and stripped binaries, the full sklearn stack weighs in
-at 39 MB, and could probably be reduced further by:
+at 45 MB, and could probably be reduced further by:
 
 1. Pre-compiling all .pyc files and deleting their source
 1. Removing test files
 1. Removing documentation
 
-For my purposes, 39 MB is sufficiently small, if you have any improvements to
+For my purposes, 45 MB is sufficiently small, if you have any improvements to
 share pull requests or issues are welcome.
 
 ## License
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5068ea5..2c0634e 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -9,24 +9,29 @@ yum install -y \
     gcc \
     gcc-c++ \
     lapack-devel \
-    python27-devel \
-    python27-virtualenv \
     findutils \
-    zip
+    zip \
+    zlib-devel \
+    git \
+    openssl \
+    openssl-devel
 
 do_pip () {
-    pip install --upgrade pip wheel
-    pip install --use-wheel --no-binary numpy numpy
-    pip install --use-wheel --no-binary scipy scipy
-    pip install --use-wheel sklearn
+    /root/.pyenv/shims/python3.6 -m venv --copies /sklearn_build
+    source /sklearn_build/bin/activate
+
+    pip3.6 install --upgrade pip wheel
+    pip3.6 install --use-wheel --no-binary numpy numpy
+    pip3.6 install --use-wheel --no-binary scipy scipy
+    pip3.6 install --use-wheel sklearn
 }
 
 strip_virtualenv () {
     echo "venv original size $(du -sh $VIRTUAL_ENV | cut -f1)"
-    find $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ -name "*.so" | xargs strip
+    find $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ -name "*.so" | xargs strip
     echo "venv stripped size $(du -sh $VIRTUAL_ENV | cut -f1)"
 
-    pushd $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ && zip -r -9 -q /outputs/venv.zip * ; popd
+    pushd $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ && zip -r -9 -q /outputs/venv.zip * ; popd
     echo "site-packages compressed size $(du -sh /outputs/venv.zip | cut -f1)"
 
     pushd $VIRTUAL_ENV && zip -r -q /outputs/full-venv.zip * ; popd
@@ -34,24 +39,25 @@ strip_virtualenv () {
 }
 
 shared_libs () {
-    libdir="$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lib/"
-    mkdir -p $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lib || true
+    libdir="$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/lib/"
+    mkdir -p $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/lib || true
     cp /usr/lib64/atlas/* $libdir
     cp /usr/lib64/libquadmath.so.0 $libdir
     cp /usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3 $libdir
 }
 
-main () {
-    /usr/bin/virtualenv \
-        --python /usr/bin/python /sklearn_build \
-        --always-copy \
-        --no-site-packages
-    source /sklearn_build/bin/activate
+install_36 () {
+    git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
+    ~/.pyenv/bin/pyenv install 3.6.2
+    ~/.pyenv/bin/pyenv global 3.6.2
+    /root/.pyenv/shims/python3.6 --version
+    /root/.pyenv/shims/pip3.6 --version
+}
 
+main () {
+    install_36
     do_pip
-
     shared_libs
-
     strip_virtualenv
 }
 main
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