diff --git a/devel/py-flit/Makefile b/devel/py-flit/Makefile
index 42f310684de6..1cbc213ed462 100644
--- a/devel/py-flit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-flit/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 # Created by: Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	flit
 PORTVERSION=	3.4.0
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple packaging tool for simple packages
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit-core>=${PORTVERSION}:devel/py-flit-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli-w>=0:textproc/py-tomli-w@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch:
-	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/setup.py ${WRKSRC}
+	@${SED} -e 's|%%PORTVERSION%%|${PORTVERSION}|' ${FILESDIR}/setup.py > ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-flit/files/setup.py b/devel/py-flit/files/setup.py
index 8c5b91fc0cb5..b30bcfb53e43 100644
--- a/devel/py-flit/files/setup.py
+++ b/devel/py-flit/files/setup.py
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # setup.py generated by flit for tools that don't yet use PEP 517
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 packages = \
 ['flit', 'flit.vcs', 'flit.vendorized', 'flit.vendorized.readme']
 
 package_data = \
 {'': ['*'], 'flit': ['license_templates/*']}
 
 install_requires = \
-['flit_core >=3.4.0', 'requests', 'docutils', 'tomli', 'tomli-w']
+['flit_core >= %%PORTVERSION%%', 'requests', 'docutils', 'tomli', 'tomli-w']
 
 extras_require = \
 {'doc': ['sphinx', 'sphinxcontrib_github_alt', 'pygments-github-lexers'],
  'test': ['testpath', 'responses', 'pytest>=2.7.3', 'pytest-cov']}
 
 entry_points = \
 {'console_scripts': ['flit = flit:main']}
 
 setup(name='flit',
-      version='3.4.0',
+      version='%%PORTVERSION%%',
       description='A simple packaging tool for simple packages.',
       author=None,
       author_email='Thomas Kluyver <thomas@kluyver.me.uk>',
       url=None,
       packages=packages,
       package_data=package_data,
       install_requires=install_requires,
       extras_require=extras_require,
       entry_points=entry_points,
       python_requires='>=3.6',
      )