diff --git a/converters/py-rencode/Makefile b/converters/py-rencode/Makefile
index 4c659dac348d..093216f24b40 100644
--- a/converters/py-rencode/Makefile
+++ b/converters/py-rencode/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	rencode
 PORTVERSION=	1.0.6
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	converters devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	python@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Web safe object pickling/unpickling
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
 USES=		cpe python:3.6+
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 # Make setup.py test target work with setup.py:test_suite
 # See: files/patch-setup.py
 post-patch:
 	${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/tests/__init__.py
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/rencode/_rencode*.so
 
 do-test:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYDISTUTILS_SETUP} test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/py-rencode/files/patch-setup.py b/converters/py-rencode/files/patch-setup.py
index 8c34a7b2e316..b335642023de 100644
--- a/converters/py-rencode/files/patch-setup.py
+++ b/converters/py-rencode/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
 # 1) converters/py-rencode: Fails to configure if cython is installed
 # 2) make setup.py test command work via test_suite directive
 # 3) Honour/respect user CFLAGS
 # https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233561
 
 --- setup.py.orig	2018-10-21 17:41:35 UTC
 +++ setup.py
 @@ -29,19 +29,14 @@ from distutils.errors import CCompilerError, Distutils
  from setuptools import setup
  from setuptools.extension import Extension
  
 -try:
 -    from Cython.Build import build_ext
 -    from Cython.Build import cythonize
 -except ImportError as ex:
 -    from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 -    cythonize = False
 +from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 +cythonize = False
  
  source_ext = ".pyx" if cythonize else ".c"
  
  ext_modules = [
      Extension(
          "rencode._rencode",
 -        extra_compile_args=["-O3"],
          sources=["rencode/rencode" + source_ext],
      ),
  ]
-@@ -93,4 +88,5 @@ setup(
+@@ -92,5 +87,6 @@ setup(
+   url="https://github.com/aresch/rencode",
    cmdclass={'build_ext': optional_build_ext},
    ext_modules=ext_modules,
-   setup_requires=['setuptools', 'wheel'],
+-  setup_requires=['setuptools', 'wheel'],
++  setup_requires=['setuptools'],
 +  test_suite='tests',
  )