diff --git a/devel/py-blinker/Makefile b/devel/py-blinker/Makefile
index 58b7884ddc6e..c715f4ed336e 100644
--- a/devel/py-blinker/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-blinker/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 # Created by: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	blinker
 PORTVERSION=	1.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>=0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 do-test:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYDISTUTILS_SETUP} test
+	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} -m nose -v
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-blinker/pkg-descr b/devel/py-blinker/pkg-descr
index 4e1c868a5472..56c6f6c42c83 100644
--- a/devel/py-blinker/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/py-blinker/pkg-descr
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-Fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling.
-
-Blinker provides a fast dispatching system that allows any number of interested
-parties to subscribe to events, or "signals".
-
-Features:
-
- - A global registry of named signals
- - Anonymous signals
- - Custom name registries
- - Permanently or temporarily connected receivers
- - Automatically disconnected receivers via weak referencing
- - Sending arbitrary data payloads
- - Collecting return values from signal receivers
+Blinker provides fast & simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling for
+Python objects.
+
+The core of Blinker is quite small but provides powerful features:
+- a global registry of named signals
+- anonymous signals
+- custom name registries
+- permanently or temporarily connected receivers
+- automatically disconnected receivers via weak referencing
+- sending arbitrary data payloads
+- collecting return values from signal receivers
+- thread safety
 
 WWW: https://pythonhosted.org/blinker/
+WWW: https://github.com/pallets-eco/blinker