diff --git a/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile b/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile
index 38ba1ae709..6f062d1c55 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-evdev/Makefile
@@ -63,19 +63,14 @@ $(call Package/python-evdev/description)
 (Variant for Python3)
 endef
 
-define PyBuild/Compile
-	$(call Build/Compile/PyMod,, build \
-		build_ecodes  --evdev-headers="$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input.h:$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h" \
-		build_ext \
-		install --root="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" --prefix="/usr")
-endef
+LINUX_EVDEV_HEADERS="$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input.h:$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h"
 
-define Py3Build/Compile
-	$(call Build/Compile/Py3Mod,, build \
-		build_ecodes  --evdev-headers="$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input.h:$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h" \
-		build_ext \
-		install --root="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" --prefix="/usr")
-endef
+PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_GLOBAL_ARGS:= \
+	build build_ecodes \
+	--evdev-headers="$(LINUX_EVDEV_HEADERS)" \
+	build_ext
+
+PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_GLOBAL_ARGS:=$(PYTHON3_PKG_SETUP_GLOBAL_ARGS)
 
 $(eval $(call PyPackage,python-evdev))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-evdev))