diff --git a/devel/py-doit/Makefile b/devel/py-doit/Makefile
index 28ef4a65ebc..5ce98fca409 100644
--- a/devel/py-doit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-doit/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 COMMENT =		automation tool
 
 MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	0.36.0
+REVISION =		0
 DISTNAME =		doit-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}
 CATEGORIES =		devel
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ HOMEPAGE =		https://pydoit.org/
 PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
 
 MODULES =		lang/python
-MODPY_PYBUILD =	Yes
+MODPY_PYBUILD =		setuptools
 MODPY_PI =		Yes
 # some tests fail as they need py-doitpy (not ported)
 MODPY_PYTEST =		Yes