diff --git a/science/py-phonopy/Makefile b/science/py-phonopy/Makefile
index 663b6d1042e1..9cb61a29d3be 100644
--- a/science/py-phonopy/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-phonopy/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	phonopy
 DISTVERSION=	2.38.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Package for phonon calculations at harmonic and quasi-harmonic levels
 WWW=		https://phonopy.github.io/phonopy/ \
 		https://github.com/phonopy/phonopy
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmake:devel/cmake-core \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nanobind>0:devel/py-nanobind@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build-core>0:devel/py-scikit-build-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>=3.0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=2.2.2:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}spglib>=2.3:science/py-spglib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}symfc>=1.1.6:science/py-symfc@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=5.3:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hiphive>0:science/py-hiphive@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 cython autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/test
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/phonopy/_phonopy${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 # tests as of 2.37.0: 3 failed, 270 passed, 4 skipped, 4 warnings, 5 errors in 1448.81s (0:24:08) (failures are likely in science/py-symfc with -9999 error)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>