diff --git a/science/py-libpysal/Makefile b/science/py-libpysal/Makefile
index ce96c43d6e49..43b12ba58113 100644
--- a/science/py-libpysal/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-libpysal/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	libpysal
 PORTVERSION=	4.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Core components of PySAL A library of spatial analysis functions
-WWW=		https://pysal.org/libpysal/
+WWW=		https://pysal.org/libpysal/ \
+		https://github.com/pysal/libpysal
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}beautifulsoup>=0:www/py-beautifulsoup@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.3,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}beautifulsoup>=0:www/py-beautifulsoup@${PY_F
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.11:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
diff --git a/science/py-libpysal/pkg-descr b/science/py-libpysal/pkg-descr
index 29c40683845c..6f07a9dcfd75 100644
--- a/science/py-libpysal/pkg-descr
+++ b/science/py-libpysal/pkg-descr
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ packages in the PySAL family:
 - Input-and output: libpysal.io
 - Computational geometry: libpysal.cg
 - Built-in example datasets libpysal.examples
-
-See also: https://github.com/pysal/libpysal