diff --git a/devel/py-flufl.i18n/Makefile b/devel/py-flufl.i18n/Makefile
index 1142f6d62c8f..64ad05d759f8 100644
--- a/devel/py-flufl.i18n/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-flufl.i18n/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	flufl.i18n
 DISTVERSION=	6.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:tl:C|[-_.]+|_|g}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	acm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High-level API for Python internationalization
 WWW=		https://flufli18n.readthedocs.io
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}atpublic>=0:devel/py-atpublic@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}diff-cover>=0:devel/py-diff-cover@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sybil>=0:devel/py-sybil@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# remove the following blocks after setuptools/python.mk update
+# incorporating the period (.) portion of name normalisation
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/name-normalization/
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/binary-distribution-format/#escaping-and-unicode
+PEP517_INSTALL_CMD=	${PYTHON_CMD} -m installer --destdir ${STAGEDIR} --prefix ${PREFIX} \
+		${BUILD_WRKSRC}/dist/${PORTNAME:tl:C|[-_.]+|_|g}-${DISTVERSION}*.whl && \
+		${CP} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/flufl_i18n-${DISTVERSION}.dist-info/RECORD \
+		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/flufl.i18n-${DISTVERSION}.dist-info/RECORD
+
+pre-install:
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/flufl.i18n-${DISTVERSION}.dist-info
+
+post-install:
+	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/flufl.i18n-${DISTVERSION}.dist-info
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-flufl.i18n/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-flufl.i18n/files/patch-pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd17e88eca82..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-flufl.i18n/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-remove after setuptools/python.mk update incorporating the period (.) portion of name normalisation
-
-https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/name-normalization/
-https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/binary-distribution-format/#escaping-and-unicode
-
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2020-02-02 00:00:00 UTC
-+++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- [project]
--name = 'flufl.i18n'
-+name = 'flufl-i18n'
- authors = [
-     {name = 'Barry Warsaw', email = 'barry@python.org'},
- ]