diff --git a/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/package.mk b/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/package.mk
index fd8061b8e5..e40f324ddd 100644
--- a/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/package.mk
@@ -8,21 +8,16 @@ PKG_SHA256="e70284e8605a5b7ccb37e5bfd4634598ca2c43c7f2c353572351ccf72c031004"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="https://python-pillow.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/python-pillow/${PKG_NAME}/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python3 distutilscross:host zlib freetype libjpeg-turbo tiff"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python3 zlib freetype libjpeg-turbo tiff"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The Python Imaging Library adds image processing capabilities to your Python interpreter."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 
-pre_make_target() {
-  export PYTHONXCPREFIX="${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr"
-  export LDSHARED="${CC} -shared"
-}
-
 make_target() {
-  python3 setup.py build --cross-compile
+  python_target_env python3 setup.py build_ext --disable-platform-guessing build
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
-  python3 setup.py install --root=${INSTALL} --prefix=/usr
+  exec_thread_safe python_target_env python3 setup.py build_ext --disable-platform-guessing install --root=${INSTALL} --prefix=/usr
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
diff --git a/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/patches/Pillow-0001-crosscompiling.patch b/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/patches/Pillow-0001-crosscompiling.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d446b7080..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/graphics/Pillow/patches/Pillow-0001-crosscompiling.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 8eb0b3c..277e44a 100755
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -341,9 +341,7 @@
-         return True if value in configuration.get(option, []) else None
- 
-     def initialize_options(self):
--        self.disable_platform_guessing = self.check_configuration(
--            "platform-guessing", "disable"
--        )
-+        self.disable_platform_guessing = True
-         self.add_imaging_libs = ""
-         build_ext.initialize_options(self)
-         for x in self.feature:
-@@ -1007,6 +1005,7 @@
- 
- try:
-     setup(
-+        version=PILLOW_VERSION,
-         cmdclass={"build_ext": pil_build_ext},
-         ext_modules=ext_modules,
-         zip_safe=not (debug_build() or PLATFORM_MINGW),