diff --git a/lang/python/3/python.port.mk b/lang/python/3/python.port.mk
index c09c47af20e..4bc99fdd9e2 100644
--- a/lang/python/3/python.port.mk
+++ b/lang/python/3/python.port.mk
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS +=	py3-poetry-core->=2.2.0:devel/py-poetry-core
 _MODPY_EXPECTED_BACKEND = poetry.core
 .  elif ${MODPY_PYBUILD} == scikit-build-core
 BUILD_DEPENDS +=	devel/py-scikit-build-core
-_MODPY_EXPECTED_BACKEND = poetry.core
+_MODPY_EXPECTED_BACKEND = scikit_build_core
 .  elif ${MODPY_PYBUILD} == setuptools || \
 	${MODPY_PYBUILD} == setuptools_scm || \
 	${MODPY_PYBUILD} == setuptools-rust