diff --git a/devel/py-msgpack/Makefile b/devel/py-msgpack/Makefile
index 8203dfa25b1f..d7e534a55bcf 100644
--- a/devel/py-msgpack/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-msgpack/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	msgpack
-PORTVERSION=	0.2.2
+PORTVERSION=	0.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	MessagePack (de)serializer for Python
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
-USE_PYTHON=	yes
-USE_PYDISTUTILS=	easy_install
-PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS=	-O 1 -N -Z -S ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -d ${PYEASYINSTALL_SITELIBDIR} ${WRKSRC}/dist/${PYEASYINSTALL_EGG}
-PYDISTUTILS_PKGNAME=	${PORTNAME}_python
-PYEASYINSTALL_ARCHDEP=	yes
+USE_PYTHON=		yes
+USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
+PYDISTUTILS_AUTOPLIST=	yes
 
-NO_STAGE=	yes
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-msgpack/distinfo b/devel/py-msgpack/distinfo
index 5437d39516cd..dffb4a499bc1 100644
--- a/devel/py-msgpack/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-msgpack/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (msgpack-python-0.2.2.tar.gz) = 75cedc4d667a4e4d9eb5757544a7f6e6774b533760d8ea4c1b24fb844550a11c
-SIZE (msgpack-python-0.2.2.tar.gz) = 57956
+SHA256 (msgpack-python-0.4.0.tar.gz) = d078094f0b29b2b93cb96a76febc70fbe90ae4eb131ff60a6dc038edda92c278
+SIZE (msgpack-python-0.4.0.tar.gz) = 111411
diff --git a/devel/py-msgpack/pkg-plist b/devel/py-msgpack/pkg-plist
deleted file mode 100644
index ef71499dbb04..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-msgpack/pkg-plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_version.pyo
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_version.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_version.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_msgpack.so
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_msgpack.pyo
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_msgpack.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/_msgpack.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/__version__.pyo
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/__version__.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/__version__.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/__init__.pyo
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/__init__.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack/__init__.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO/zip-safe
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO/top_level.txt
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO/native_libs.txt
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO/dependency_links.txt
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO/SOURCES.txt
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO/PKG-INFO
-@dirrm %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/msgpack
-@dirrm %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%/EGG-INFO
-@dirrm %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/%%PYEASYINSTALL_EGG%%