diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
index 5bbca35dd69..917ee2225b6 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ configure_src_phase()
 
 	#
 	# Skip this phase for: meta-template, only-install, custom-install,
-	# gnu_makefile style builds.
+	# gnu_makefile and python-module style builds.
 	#
 	[ "$build_style" = "meta-template" -o	\
 	  "$build_style" = "only-install" -o	\
 	  "$build_style" = "custom-install" -o	\
-	  "$build_style" = "gnu_makefile" ] && return 0
+	  "$build_style" = "gnu_makefile" -o \
+	  "$build_style" = "python-module" ] && return 0
 
 	if [ -n "$revision" ]; then
 		lver="${version}_${revision}"
@@ -99,13 +100,6 @@ configure_src_phase()
 		. $XBPS_HELPERSDIR/perl-module.sh
 		perl_module_build $pkgname
 		;;
-	python-module)
-		#
-		# Packages that are python modules and use setup.py files.
-		# They are all handled by the helper python-module.sh.
-		#
-		python setup.py configure ${configure_args}
-		;;
 	*)
 		#
 		# Unknown build_style type won't work :-)