diff --git a/graphics/py-pygltflib/Makefile b/graphics/py-pygltflib/Makefile
index 7376958bbdfb..d27891affe35 100644
--- a/graphics/py-pygltflib/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-pygltflib/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	pygltflib
-DISTVERSION=	1.16.4
+DISTVERSION=	1.16.5
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for managing 3D objects in Khronos Group gltf, gltf2 formats
 WWW=		https://gitlab.com/dodgyville/pygltflib
 
-LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
+LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dataclasses-json>=0.0.25:devel/py-dataclasses-json@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}deprecated>0:devel/py-deprecated@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils # autoplist is broken
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-pygltflib/distinfo b/graphics/py-pygltflib/distinfo
index f2cdaffaa526..9c1f9465ca22 100644
--- a/graphics/py-pygltflib/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-pygltflib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745477872
-SHA256 (pygltflib-1.16.4.tar.gz) = 7816253ef51b07a208864b94332bce8c509aa0f9b827d8771cf271293ecebb11
-SIZE (pygltflib-1.16.4.tar.gz) = 43197
+TIMESTAMP = 1780912155
+SHA256 (pygltflib-1.16.5.tar.gz) = 1f15740d5a7aaf71a5083e285af6b361184958e255659132f4ba8fe4f3d21ea9
+SIZE (pygltflib-1.16.5.tar.gz) = 43272
diff --git a/graphics/py-pygltflib/pkg-plist b/graphics/py-pygltflib/pkg-plist
deleted file mode 100644
index 31578e40868f..000000000000
--- a/graphics/py-pygltflib/pkg-plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__init__.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__pycache__/__init__%%PYTHON_TAG%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__pycache__/__init__%%PYTHON_TAG%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__pycache__/utils%%PYTHON_TAG%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__pycache__/utils%%PYTHON_TAG%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__pycache__/validator%%PYTHON_TAG%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/__pycache__/validator%%PYTHON_TAG%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/utils.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygltflib/validator.py