diff --git a/math/py-tables/Makefile b/math/py-tables/Makefile
index e943e25d2bd..7bcbedd75d3 100644
--- a/math/py-tables/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-tables/Makefile
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ MODPY_PI=	Yes
 
 WANTLIB=	blosc blosc2 bz2 hdf5 lzo2
 
-MODPY_DISTUTILS_BUILDARGS=	--blosc=${LOCALBASE} \
-				--blosc2=${LOCALBASE} \
-				--hdf5=${LOCALBASE} \
-				--lzo=${LOCALBASE}
-
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
diff --git a/net/poezio/Makefile b/net/poezio/Makefile
index 4d009b9b2d9..f7c3e4cd162 100644
--- a/net/poezio/Makefile
+++ b/net/poezio/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ MODPY_PI=	Yes
 MODPY_PYBUILD=	setuptools
 MODPY_PYTEST_ARGS=-v test/
 
-MODPY_DISTUTILS_BUILD=build_ext --inplace
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	lang/cython
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	devel/desktop-file-utils \
diff --git a/security/yara/python/Makefile b/security/yara/python/Makefile
index 5dd7828562d..da1a23ffc33 100644
--- a/security/yara/python/Makefile
+++ b/security/yara/python/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
-COMMENT = Python extension that gives access to YARA
+COMMENT =	Python extension that gives access to YARA
 
-GH_PROJECT = 	yara-python
+GH_PROJECT =	yara-python
 
 MODPY_DISTV =	4.2.0
-PKGNAME =		py-yara-${MODPY_DISTV}
-GH_TAGNAME =		v${MODPY_DISTV}
-REVISION =		7
+PKGNAME =	py-yara-${MODPY_DISTV}
+GH_TAGNAME =	v${MODPY_DISTV}
+REVISION =	7
 
-COMPILER =		base-clang ports-gcc
-COMPILER_LANGS =	c
+COMPILER =	base-clang ports-gcc
+COMPILER_LANGS = c
 
 WANTLIB += yara
 
 MODULES =	lang/python
 MODPY_PYBUILD =	setuptools
 
-MODPY_DISTUTILS_BUILDARGS = --dynamic-linking
 MAKE_FLAG +=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include/yara/"
 
-pre-configure:
-	${SUBST_CMD} ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS = security/yara/main>=${VERSION}
 RUN_DEPENDS =	security/yara/main>=${VERSION}
-
 TEST_DEPENDS =	security/yara/python=${MODPY_DISTV}
 
+pre-configure:
+	${SUBST_CMD} ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
+
 do-test:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MODPY_BIN} ./tests.py