diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/entrypoints-setup.py.patch b/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/setup.py.patch
similarity index 63%
rename from srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/entrypoints-setup.py.patch
rename to srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/setup.py.patch
index f13e5e0b71a..bc76686dcef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/entrypoints-setup.py.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/patches/setup.py.patch
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 --- /dev/null
 +++ setup.py
-@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
 +from setuptools import setup
 +
-+def get_version():
-+    with open('entrypoints.py') as f:
-+        for line in f:
-+            if line.startswith('__version__'):
-+                return eval(line.split('=')[-1])
-+
 +setup(
 +    name='entrypoints',
-+    version=get_version(),
++    version='@VERSION@',
 +    description='Discover and load entry points from installed packages',
 +    author='Thomas Kluyver',
 +    author_email='thomas@kluyver.me.uk',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/template b/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/template
index e1e5bdfc78b..92abb9fa73b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-entrypoints/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python-entrypoints'
 pkgname=python-entrypoints
-version=0.2.2
-revision=2
+version=0.2.3
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="entrypoints-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e54b5df8bb971507278c65df96e6486cf4aea0cdac384d0102ea0339e0a4f82b
+checksum=a628825648fade6fba8dd94cc26e38340ed840fca3e9d5b7b3dbf755b27bbbdd
 
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i "s|@VERSION@|${version}|" setup.py
+}
 post_install() {
 	for pyver in $python_versions; do
 		vinstall entrypoints.py 644 usr/lib/python${pyver}/site-packages