diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-runner/Makefile b/devel/py-pytest-runner/Makefile
index 7bd3055979de..e33e30996160 100644
--- a/devel/py-pytest-runner/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-runner/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	pytest-runner
-PORTVERSION=	5.3.2
+PORTVERSION=	6.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Test support for pytest runner in setup.py
 WWW=		https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-runner
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 DEPRECATED=	pytest-runner depends on deprecated features of setuptools
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=3.4.1:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-runner/distinfo b/devel/py-pytest-runner/distinfo
index 2ea27a16dca4..15335f6e279c 100644
--- a/devel/py-pytest-runner/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-runner/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1655416599
-SHA256 (pytest-runner-5.3.2.tar.gz) = 48934ec94301f6727d30615af1960539ff62063f6c9b71b7227174e51ba5fb34
-SIZE (pytest-runner-5.3.2.tar.gz) = 16307
+TIMESTAMP = 1662816629
+SHA256 (pytest-runner-6.0.0.tar.gz) = b4d85362ed29b4c348678de797df438f0f0509497ddb8c647096c02a6d87b685
+SIZE (pytest-runner-6.0.0.tar.gz) = 15741
diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-runner/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-pytest-runner/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2372d7538e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-runner/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2022-09-10 13:31:26 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++#!/usr/bin/env python
++
++import setuptools
++
++if __name__ == "__main__":
++    setuptools.setup()