diff --git a/devel/py-pykdtree/Makefile b/devel/py-pykdtree/Makefile
index 1e856c80a4dd..c5fc51f43163 100644
--- a/devel/py-pykdtree/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pykdtree/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	pykdtree
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.10
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast kd-tree implementation with OpenMP-enabled queries
 WWW=		https://github.com/storpipfugl/pykdtree
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BROKEN=	Backend subprocess exited when trying to invoke build_wheel
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.9+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython pep517
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pykdtree/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-pykdtree/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8bae725c50dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-pykdtree/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2023-11-29 18:29:08 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ with open('README.rst', 'r') as readme_file:
+ extensions = [
+     Extension('pykdtree.kdtree', sources=['pykdtree/kdtree.pyx', 'pykdtree/_kdtree_core.c'],
+               include_dirs=[np.get_include()],
+-              define_macros=[("NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API", "NPY_1_7_API_VERSION")],
+               compiler_directions={"language_level": "3"},
+               ),
+ ]