diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/0001-Only-install-typing-requirement-if-Python-version-3..patch b/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/0001-Only-install-typing-requirement-if-Python-version-3..patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7663db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/0001-Only-install-typing-requirement-if-Python-version-3..patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From a918c7274654865534f42590608407b2d61d1972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Steenbergen <info@j1nx.nl>
+Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 12:34:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Only install typing requirement if Python version < 3.5
+
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 62928e2..b4b6746 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup(
+     version='0.3.14',  # Also update in msk/__init__.py
+     packages=['msk', 'msk.actions'],
+     package_data={'msk': ['licenses/*']},
+-    install_requires=['GitPython', 'typing', 'msm>=0.5.13', 'pygithub', 'requests', 'colorama'],
++    install_requires=['GitPython', 'typing;python_version<"3.5"', 'msm>=0.5.13', 'pygithub', 'requests', 'colorama'],
+     url='https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-skills-kit',
+     license='Apache-2.0',
+     author='Mycroft AI',
+-- 
+2.24.0.rc1
+
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/Config.in
index 26e48c5b..81bb7564 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-msk/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MSK
 	bool "python-msk"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GITPYTHON # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TYPING # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MSM # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYGITHUB # runtime
 	help
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/0002-Only-install-typing-if-Python-version-3.5.patch b/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/0002-Only-install-typing-if-Python-version-3.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99eb0e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/0002-Only-install-typing-if-Python-version-3.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 79bfc57404cd8d42236283b44f956209ff486e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Steenbergen <info@j1nx.nl>
+Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 12:54:33 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Only install typing if Python version < 3.5
+
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 5e3167a..18eb0fc 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup(
+     version='0.8.3',
+     packages=['msm'],
+     install_requires=[
+-        'GitPython', 'typing', 'fasteners', 'pyyaml', 'pako',
++        'GitPython', 'typing;python_version<"3.5"', 'fasteners', 'pyyaml', 'pako',
+         'lazy'
+     ],
+     url='https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-skills-manager',
+-- 
+2.24.0.rc1
+
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/Config.in
index 1d46aef8..3baede72 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-msm/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MSM
 	bool "python-msm"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GITPYTHON # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TYPING # runtime
 	help
 	  Mycroft Skills Manager.