diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/patches/version-relaxation.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/patches/version-relaxation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b617709b488..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/patches/version-relaxation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Like SciPy and matplotlib, this project abuses build requirements to specify
-desired versions for building wheels.
-
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
-     'Cython>=3.0.4',
-     'pythran',
-     'lazy_loader>=0.3',
--    'numpy>=2.0.0rc1',
-+    'numpy',
- ]
- 
- [tool.spin]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
index 1b93a773d5f..69ef3c56d61 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-image/template
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-scikit-image'
 pkgname=python3-scikit-image
-version=0.24.0
-revision=3
+version=0.25.0
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 build_helper="meson numpy"
-hostmakedepends="python3-build python3-installer python3-meson-python
- python3-wheel python3-setuptools python3-packaging python3-Cython pythran
- python3-lazy_loader python3-numpy pkg-config"
+make_build_args="--skip-dependency-check"
+hostmakedepends="python3-meson-python python3-wheel python3-setuptools
+ python3-Cython pythran python3-lazy_loader python3-numpy pkg-config"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy pythran"
 depends="python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-networkx python3-Pillow
- python3-imageio python3-tifffile python3-pywt python3-packaging
- python3-lazy_loader"
+ python3-imageio python3-tifffile python3-packaging python3-lazy_loader"
 short_desc="Image processing in Python"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, MIT"
 homepage="https://scikit-image.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a2cf85577f8a9105ac46130277ad27e1627bfa3effecff7c1ef3ea851e5671ba
+checksum=7e7ec5cdac70f6df2dd6151cc27d4b8b6f2e029b4485b7635bb9522dc7023ddb
 # Tests require data files and unpackaged dependencies
 make_check=no