diff --git a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
index dea383781a..413b56345a 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
@@ -8,17 +8,9 @@ PKG_SHA256="8e086896c36210ab6050f2f9f095a5f1e03c83fa0e7f296d6cba425411364680"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://pypi.org/project/simplejson"
 PKG_URL="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${PKG_NAME:0:1}/${PKG_NAME}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python3"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python3 setuptools:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible JSON encoder and decoder for Python 2.5+."
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
-
-make_target() {
-  python_target_env python3 setup.py build
-}
-
-makeinstall_target() {
-  exec_thread_safe python_target_env python3 setup.py install --root=${INSTALL} --prefix=/usr
-}
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="python"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   python_remove_source