diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pytest/template b/srcpkgs/python-pytest/template
index 98ea536c7b8..880a0fc217d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pytest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pytest/template
@@ -1,40 +1,49 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pytest'
 pkgname=python-pytest
 version=3.5.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname/python-//}-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="_pytest"
+pycompile_module="_pytest pytest.py"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-attrs python-funcsigs python-more-itertools python-pluggy
  python-py python-setuptools"
 checkdepends="python3-hypothesis python3-more-itertools python3-pluggy
  python3-py"
-short_desc="Pytest: simple powerful testing with Python2"
+short_desc="Simple powerful testing with Python2"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pytest/pytest-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=54713b26c97538db6ff0703a12b19aeaeb60b5e599de542e7fca0ec83b9038e8
-alternatives="python-pytest:pytest:/usr/bin/pytest2
- python-pytest:py.test:/usr/bin/py.test2"
+alternatives="
+ pytest:pytest:/usr/bin/pytest2
+ pytest:py.test:/usr/bin/py.test2"
 
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i setup.py \
+		-e '/setup_requires=/d' \
+		-e '/use_scm_version/,+2d' \
+		-e "/name=/ a\
+		version='${version}',"
+}
 do_check() {
 	python3 setup.py test
 }
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
 python3-pytest_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	pycompile_module="_pytest"
-	alternatives="python-pytest:pytest:/usr/bin/pytest3
-	 python-pytest:py.test:/usr/bin/py.test3"
+	pycompile_module="_pytest pytest.py"
+	alternatives="
+	 pytest:pytest:/usr/bin/pytest3
+	 pytest:py.test:/usr/bin/py.test3"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	depends="python3-hypothesis python3-more-itertools python3-pluggy python3-py"
+	depends="python3-attrs python3-more-itertools python3-pluggy python3-py
+	 python3-setuptools"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/bin/*3"
 		vmove "usr/lib/python3*"