diff --git a/srcpkgs/nftables/patches/destdir.patch b/srcpkgs/nftables/patches/destdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 852ba96518d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/nftables/patches/destdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Else setuptools installs an .egg directory, this way it installs
-nftables/ and nftables-*-egg.info/
-
---- a/py/Makefile.am
-+++ b/py/Makefile.am
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
- install-exec-local:
- 	cd $(srcdir) && \
- 		$(PYTHON_BIN) setup.py build --build-base $(abs_builddir) \
--		install --prefix $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)
-+		install --prefix $(prefix) --root $(DESTDIR)
- 
- uninstall-local:
- 	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib*/python*/site-packages/nftables
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nftables/template b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
index c9a9893fb9f..34d8f883435 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nftables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
@@ -1,25 +1,36 @@
 # Template file for 'nftables'
 pkgname=nftables
-version=1.0.8
-revision=2
+version=1.0.9
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --with-json
  --with-python-bin=/bin/python3 --with-cli=readline"
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc automake docbook2x flex libtool pkg-config
- python3 python3-setuptools"
+ python3 python3-build python3-installer python3-wheel"
 makedepends="gmp-devel jansson-devel libmnl-devel libnftnl-devel readline-devel"
 short_desc="Netfilter nftables userspace tools"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 distfiles="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/${pkgname}/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9373740de41a82dbc98818e0a46a073faeb8a8d0689fa4fa1a74399c32bf3d50
+checksum=a3c304cd9ba061239ee0474f9afb938a9bb99d89b960246f66f0c3a0a85e14cd
 
 post_extract() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
+post_build() {
+        (
+		cd py
+                python -m build --no-isolation --wheel
+	)
+}
+
 post_install() {
+        (
+		cd py
+		python -m installer --destdir ${DESTDIR} --no-compile-bytecode dist/*.whl
+	)
 	vsv nftables
 }