diff --git a/textproc/py-linkify-it-py/Makefile b/textproc/py-linkify-it-py/Makefile
index c47cefbf36a8..27e6149a13e7 100644
--- a/textproc/py-linkify-it-py/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-linkify-it-py/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/tsutsu3/linkify-it-py
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uc-micro-py>=0:textproc/py-uc-micro-py@${PY_FLAVOR}