diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
index e800ed4f00f..b19743e50f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=python3-scikit-image
 version=0.21.0
 revision=1
-build_style=meson
-build_helper="python3"
+build_style=python3-pep517
+build_helper="meson"
 hostmakedepends="python3-build python3-installer python3-meson-python
  python3-wheel python3-setuptools python3-packaging python3-Cython pythran
  python3-lazy_loader python3-numpy pkg-config"
@@ -21,10 +21,23 @@ checksum=53a82a9dbd3ed608d2ad3876269a271a7e922b12e228388eac996b508aadd652
 make_check=no
 
 if [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then
-	configure_args="--cross-file=python.cross"
+	make_build_args+=" --no-isolation --wheel
+	 -Csetup-args=--cross-file=${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/meson/xbps_meson.cross
+	 -Csetup-args=--cross-file=${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/meson/python.cross"
 fi
 
-pre_patch() {
+post_patch() {
+	if [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then
+		local _xpy="${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_sitelib}"
+		cat > "${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/meson/python.cross" <<-EOF
+		[properties]
+		numpy-include-dir = '${_xpy}/numpy/core/include'
+		pythran-include-dir = '${_xpy}/pythran'
+		EOF
+	fi
+}
+
+pre_build() {
 	if [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then
 		# Meson can't tolerate $CC with arguments as set by build helper
 		CC="${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}-gcc"
@@ -33,25 +46,6 @@ pre_patch() {
 	fi
 }
 
-post_patch() {
-	if [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then
-		local _xpy="${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_sitelib}"
-		cat > python.cross <<-EOF
-		[properties]
-		numpy-include-dir = '${_xpy}/numpy/core/include'
-		pythran-include-dir = '${_xpy}/pythran'
-		EOF
-	fi
-}
-
-do_build() {
-	# Use the build directory already configured by xbps-src for meson
-	python3 -m build --no-isolation --wheel \
-		-Cbuilddir="./build" -Ccompile-args="${makejobs}" .
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	python3 -m installer --destdir "${DESTDIR}" \
-		--no-compile-bytecode dist/*.whl
+post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt
 }