diff --git a/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build b/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build
index 4490958bc2..285d2998d2 100755
--- a/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build
+++ b/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 python setup.py build --cross-compile
-python setup.py install -O0 --no-compile --prefix /usr --root .install
+python setup.py install --root=./.install --prefix=/usr
 
 rm -rf .install/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/meta b/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/meta
index 69d6a23c03..9a4d34a11c 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/meta
+++ b/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/Cheetah/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python distribute"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distribute distutilscross"
+PKG_DEPENDS="Python"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="cheetah: Python-powered template engine and code generator"