diff --git a/i2c-tools/PKGBUILD b/i2c-tools/PKGBUILD
index 0e794fb4d1..adbdada054 100644
--- a/i2c-tools/PKGBUILD
+++ b/i2c-tools/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 pkgname=i2c-tools
 pkgver=4.3
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=6
 pkgdesc="Heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux that used to be part of lm-sensors"
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url="https://i2c.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/I2C_Tools"
 license=('GPL')
 depends=('perl')
-makedepends=('python' 'git')
+makedepends=('python-setuptools' 'python-build' 'python-installer' 'python-wheel')
 optdepends=('read-edid: for decode-edid script'
             'python: for smbus module')
 source=(
@@ -19,30 +19,27 @@ source=(
   "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.sign"
   "$pkgname.sysusers"
   "45-i2c-tools.rules"
-  "python-makefile.patch"
 )
 sha256sums=('1f899e43603184fac32f34d72498fc737952dbc9c97a8dd9467fadfdf4600cf9'
             'SKIP'
             'bf5ee4f9876505628c5ce84e84e918c70d66be70b766d62bb138e294608ffbae'
-            'af9dbdc771023cd04f5b0c638c30356e6a824b32f0c04ea61fe929c71122bccd'
-            '2f512928ae4ad5cd3e2388b2391378f70b1d5f537f64ff5a0636e018d02d540e')
+            'af9dbdc771023cd04f5b0c638c30356e6a824b32f0c04ea61fe929c71122bccd')
 validpgpkeys=(
   '7CA69F4460F1BDC41FD2C858A5526B9BB3CD4E6A' # Jean Delvare
 )
 
-prepare() {
-  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-  patch -Np1 < "$srcdir/python-makefile.patch"
-}
-
 build() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
-  make EXTRA="eeprog py-smbus"
+  make EXTRA="eeprog"
+  cd py-smbus
+  python -m build -wn  
 }
 
 package() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
-  make EXTRA="eeprog py-smbus" PREFIX="${pkgdir}/usr" sbindir="$pkgdir/usr/bin" install
+  make EXTRA="eeprog" PREFIX="${pkgdir}/usr" sbindir="$pkgdir/usr/bin" install
+  cd py-smbus
+  python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
   install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/$pkgname.sysusers" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/sysusers.d/$pkgname.conf"
   install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/45-i2c-tools.rules" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/45-i2c-tools.rules"
 }