diff --git a/www/py-flask-json/Makefile b/www/py-flask-json/Makefile
index 87b901d9e2be..a3d6ffb2f93b 100644
--- a/www/py-flask-json/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-flask-json/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ COMMENT=	Better JSON support for Flask
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-runner>=0:devel/py-pytest-runner@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Flask>=0.10:www/py-flask@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR}
diff --git a/www/py-flask-json/files/patch-setup.py b/www/py-flask-json/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd895eea91a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-flask-json/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2019-08-23 17:34:24 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -43,6 +43,5 @@ setup(
+         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content',
+         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'
+     ],
+-    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
+     tests_require=['pytest', 'pytest-cov']
+ )